Ford Motor Company

Staff Vehicle Architecture Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $142K — $241K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Mechanical, Automotive, Aerospace Engineering, or related field with 4 years relevant experience.
  • Proficient in 3D and 2D CAD design using Dassault 3DExperience or Catia V5 for automotive applications.
  • Experience releasing automotive components in Dassault 3DExperience or Enovia V5.
  • Ability to solve cross-functional vehicle integration challenges in automotive products.
  • Familiar with documenting architecture studies and decisions using Atlassian tools like Confluence and Jira.
  • 3 years of experience in developing and delivering prototype parts for new automotive products.
  • Experience in tracking, documenting, and resolving product issues using Confluence or Jira.

Responsibilities

  • Develop geometrical packaging solutions that enhance vehicle systems.
  • Create sketches, 3D CAD data, and physical prototypes for vehicle concepts.
  • Drive cross-functional product architecture decisions based on engineering fundamentals.
  • Identify and resolve geometrical incompatibilities between systems using concept 3D CAD.
  • Collaborate with engineers, designers, technicians, and suppliers to build prototypes.
  • Optimize product cost, mass, efficiency, manufacturability, and serviceability.
  • Support user experience enhancements through effective integration.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription coverage.
  • Flexible family care and parental leave options.
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases.
  • Tuition assistance support for continuing education.
  • Engagement in established employee resource groups.
  • Paid time off for community service activities.
  • Generous paid holiday schedule, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Staff Vehicle Architecture Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a purely telecommuting/work-from-home position whereby the employee may reside anywhere within the U.S. Develop innovative geometrical packaging solutions for all vehicle systems that optimize product attributes, simplify manufacturing processes, and enable key styling themes. Create sketches, 3D CAD data, and physical prototypes for vehicle integration concepts that improve product cost, mass, efficiency, manufacturability, serviceability, and user experience. Drive cross-functional product architecture decisions between vehicle systems through engineering fundamentals and attribute sensitivities. Identify and resolve geometrical incompatibilities between systems with concept 3D CAD. Collaborate with engineers, designers, technicians, and suppliers to procure and build physical properties. Domestic Travel Required 20%.

Qualifications

You'll have...

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 4 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. 3D and 2D CAD design of automotive components and assemblies using Dassault 3DExperience or Catia V5. 2. Releasing automotive components and assemblies in Dassault 3DExperience or Enovia V5. 3. Solving cross functional vehicle integration problems for automotive products. 4. Documenting product architecture studies, attribute sensitivities, and architecture decisions in Atlassian, Confluence, and Jira. 3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Developing and delivering prototype parts for new automotive products. 2. Tracking, documenting, and resolving issues with Confluence or Jira.

We are offering a salary of $142,565.76 - $241,210.08/yr.

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD

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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Join the dynamic team at Ford Motor Company, a global leader in automotive innovation and manufacturing. At Ford, we are committed to driving human progress by providing outstanding vehicles and mobility solutions. This is an exciting time to become part of our inclusive team, where job opportunities abound and growth is not just a possibility, but a promise.

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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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