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
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