Ford Motor Company

Staff Mechanical Design Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $150K — $283K *
Long Beach, CA 90805In-Person
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of hands-on product design experience.
  • Proficiency in 3D CAD software.
  • Basic knowledge of GD&T and experience with 2D drawings.
  • Familiarity with consumer electronics and vehicle systems is a plus.
  • Experience with prototyping and mockups is advantageous.
  • Strong analytical skills related to mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Develop product layouts and technology concepts for electronics systems.
  • Create early prototypes and new technologies for scalable production.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Marketing, and Engineering.
  • Analyze and validate systems and electronic assemblies.
  • Outline early engineering feasibility for new product ideas.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Subsidized child care and family building benefits.
  • Employee vehicle discount program.
  • Tuition assistance and paid community service time.
  • Generous holiday schedule including a shutdown week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
  • Paid time off and additional vacation purchase options.
Full Job Description
In this position...
You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.
This exciting opportunity will play a key role in outlining early engineering feasibility, as well as specifying, developing, analyzing and validating systems and electronic assemblies.

You will work closely with many cross functional teams including Ford's Design Studio, Marketing, Vehicle Engineering and Operations teams to fully realize ideas that will become new product differentiators in the next generation of electric vehicles.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

As part of this team, you will be responsible for developing product layouts and technology concepts, particularly in the areas of electronics systems. This includes development of early prototypes and new technologies leading into scalable mass production.
• 4+ years of hands-on, detailed product design experience.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (any modeling package).
• Basic GD&T knowledge and experience releasing 2D drawings.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor of Science degree in ME or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on industry experience

Even better, you may have...
• Experience in design, characterization, and validation of consumer electronics, vehicle systems, input devices and/or HMI.
• Background in prototyping, full scale mockups and looks like/feels like demonstrations.
• Strong analytical skills in regard to mechanical engineering theory.
• Relevant internship experience, school projects and passion projects that show a passion for product development

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500.
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/LL6

Visa sponsorship is 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

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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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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
* Ladders Estimates

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