Pre-Program Vehicle Energy Management Engineer
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Allen Park • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $63,480 - $162,120 per year
About the role
- Lead benchmarking, modeling, target setting, and early development of the following cross functional vehicle energy management (VEME) attributes: Weight, Fuel Economy, Performance Feel, & Aerodynamics for Ford Racing production programs.
- Consolidate and identify all trade-offs and negotiate countermeasures to resolve target conflicts across groups.
- Lead roadmap development & execution on any underperforming VEME attributes.
- Ability to deal with a large variety of functional teams (planning, marketing, program management, vehicle architecture, attribute and engineering teams) on a daily basis
- Provide communication of VEME attribute status to key stakeholders and leadership to support program milestone declarations.
- Work closely with mainstream and core teams to ensure best practices within Ford Racing regarding modeling, test methodology, report outs, process changes, etc
Requirements
- BS in Engineering (Mechanical, Aeronautical, or related) with 3+ years of Product Development experience desired.
- Experience in various vehicle energy management (VEME) disciplines desired (Performance, Weight, Fuel Economy, Aerodynamics) and/or attribute delivery experience; program conceptualization through launch.
- Experience in analytical modeling, system level testing, and correlation of testing to customer experience.
- Strong enthusiasm for and knowledge of high-performance vehicles and the customers who purchase them.
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills required.
- Need to be self-starter with ability to deliver results and overcome obstacles.
- Position may require some travel or occasional extended hours.
- 5+ years of Product Development experience
- Experience with vehicle data acquisition and analysis systems.
- Experience with vehicle modeling software.
- CAD knowledge and capability
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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
analytical modelingsystem level testingvehicle energy managementprogram conceptualizationvehicle data acquisitionvehicle modeling softwareCAD
Soft Skills
communicationpresentation skillsself-starterproblem-solvingnegotiation
Certifications
BS in Engineering