Ford Motor Company

Safety Regulatory Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Automotive, or related field)
  • 2+ years in automotive engineering, regulatory compliance, or systems engineering
  • Able to read and interpret complex legal/technical documents
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for summarizing technical issues
  • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint
  • Demonstrated project management skills to handle multiple projects and deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical and regulatory support for Tires, Wheels, Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, Vehicle Mass, and Event Data Recorders
  • Review engineering Compliance Demonstration Plans (CDPs)
  • Support homologation for global markets, including witness testing
  • Develop safety strategies and guidelines to enhance real-world safety
  • Collaborate with external agencies to influence future protocols
  • Interpret existing safety requirements and provide safety insights
  • Participate in Safety Governance forums and communicate vehicle requirements

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and fertility treatments
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases
  • Tuition assistance for further education
  • Active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for community service
  • Generous schedule of paid holidays, including time off between Christmas and New Year
Full Job Description
Job Description

Responsibilities

What you will do:
  • Provide technical and regulatory support for: Tires, Wheels, Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, Vehicle Mass, and Event Data Recorders
  • Review and concur on engineering Compliance Demonstration Plans (CDPs)
  • Support program homologation for global markets, including local witness testing
  • Develop safety strategies and guidelines to enhance real-world safety performance
  • Work with external agencies such as AFAI (Alliance for Automotive Innovation), SAE, and NHTSA to influence and shape future protocols
  • Provide interpretations on existing safety requirements and establish a safety point of view
  • Participate in Safety Governance forums within ASO
  • Forecast and communicate vehicle requirements using FEDE software.


Qualifications

You'll Have...
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Automotive, or a related technical field).
  • 2+ years of experience in automotive engineering, regulatory compliance, or systems engineering.
  • Proven ability to read, interpret, and synthesize complex legal/technical documents (e.g., Federal Register notices or international standards) into actionable engineering requirements.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to summarize technical compliance issues for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel for data analysis/tracking and PowerPoint for executive-level reporting).
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet strict deadlines (aligned with vehicle program milestones).


Even better, if you have:
  • Strong teamwork and positive work demeanor
  • Knowledge of FMVSS, ECE and GB regulations for Tires, Wheels, Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, Vehicle Mass, and Event Data Recorders
  • Experience in Product Development (PD) and/or Vehicle Homologation & Compliance (VH&C)
  • Knowledge of regulatory or industry standard development
  • Knowledge of GPDS deliverables, program development and compliance processes
  • Experience with authoring requirements and/or test procedures within Ford system
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic environment
  • Strong written and oral communication skills


What You'll Receive in Return...

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 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.,

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.,

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$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 not available for this position.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-DH1

About Ford Motor Company

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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183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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