Ford Motor Company

Launch Process Engineer

Ford Motor Company$74K — $166K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
  • 3+ years in engineering and manufacturing roles.
  • Knowledge of GD&T and ability to read engineering drawings.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills.
  • Excellent organizational abilities for complex project management.
  • Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing Principles and Six Sigma methodologies.
  • Demonstrated customer-focused approach.

Responsibilities

  • Support development of manufacturing systems for new powertrain programs.
  • Utilize machining process expertise to optimize efficiency and quality.
  • Assist with equipment installation and handover to powertrain plants.
  • Initiate and evaluate bids for equipment purchases.
  • Collaborate with OEMs and suppliers to resolve engineering issues.
  • Coordinate project elements related to safety, tooling, and ergonomics.
  • Conduct discrete event simulation for throughput improvement.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
  • Flexible family care options and paid parental leave.
  • Comprehensive family building benefits including adoption reimbursement.
  • Employee discounts and lease programs for vehicles.
  • Tuition assistance for further education.
  • Active employee resource groups for community support.
  • Generous paid time off, including holidays and community service.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

This position provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the manufacture of transmissions at Ford's Livonia Transmission Plant. You will work to deliver lean, flexible and competitive manufacturing systems that power our winning portfolio of Ford Tough trucks and SUVs.

We are seeking a passionate, detailed, inquisitive engineer to join our team as a Manufacturing Process Engineer working on the 8F / 10R Gear Machining Lines. This will be an onsite, full-time position. Majority of time will be spent in Livonia, but will also include work in SE Michigan and Lima, Cleveland, OH.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Support development and implementation of Gears and related Round Parts manufacturing systems for new powertrain programs in Michigan.
  • Utilize machining process knowledge, particularly steel and iron metal cutting and grinding to deliver an efficient and optimized process regarding quality, costs, timing, and footprint.
  • Support equipment installation, power on, run capability, and equipment handover to the powertrain plants.
  • Initiate bids, evaluate, recap bids for equipment purchase; work with Purchasing to write and place orders.
  • Work with OEMs, suppliers, Product, and Plant engineering teams to resolve engineering and program delivery issues.
  • Interface and coordinate project related items such as facilities, safety, ergonomics, material handling & kitting, tooling, and gauging.
  • Support discrete event simulation for constraint analysis; work with Industrial Engineers (IE) to assess and improve throughput.
  • Travel up to 50% in support of assigned projects in collaboration with OEMs, Tooling, Gauging, and related equipment suppliers.


Qualifications

You'll have...

  • Bachelor of Science in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
  • 3+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience
  • Working knowledge of GD&T; reading engineering drawings
  • Strong communication skills along with the ability to work in a cross functional team
  • Strong organization skills with the ability to handle complex projects with multiple objectives
  • Familiarity of Lean Manufacturing Principles and Six Sigma
  • Proven record of customer focused work


You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $74,300-$166,200.,

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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1903
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