Manufacturing Systems Solutions Engineer, UAT & Support
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Design and execute comprehensive UAT plans.
- Coordinate with end-users to test the software in simulated environments, ensuring it meets all functional requirements before hitting the manufacturing engineering toolkit.
- Lead demonstrations of new features and prototypes to key stakeholders to validate concepts, gather immediate feedback, and ensure the product is moving in the right direction.
- Provide ongoing technical and transformation support of Siemens PLM tools to Ford’s global manufacturing implementation teams.
- Deliver training sessions to engineers and plant personnel, and monitor usage metrics to drive active adoption of the new technology.
- Bring global teams together to align common training material, best practices, creation of knowledge bases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing/engineering environment (automotive, aerospace, or heavy industry preferred).
- Must be strong in any of 2 software’s like Siemens tool – Easyplan, process simulate, NX, VisVSA, Plant Sim, Vis-mockup
- Must be strong in any of 2 activities like BOM & BOP management, line balancing, process simulations, Dimensional Variation Analysis, Locator Drawing / Measurement point creation, Line designer & Change management
- Must have experience in any one of the shops - Final, Body, Paint, Stamping, Powertrain & Battery.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Strong Project Management skills and results-oriented mindset.
- Advanced degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (preferred).
- Experience in new software validation and deployment (preferred).
- Train the trainer (preferred).
- Knowledge in the following Ford software systems: FEDE, WERS, GSPAS/APT (preferred).
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira) (preferred).
Benefits
- 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
UAT planningBOM managementBOP managementline balancingprocess simulationsDimensional Variation AnalysisLocator Drawing creationChange managementSiemens toolsmanufacturing engineering
Soft Skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationindependent workteam collaborationproject managementresults-oriented mindset