Paint Manufacturing Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Color Development and Harmony Engineer focusing on automotive paint finishes at Ford. Collaborating with engineering teams to ensure color harmony across vehicle components.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $74,300 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide color technical support to core engineering during the development, qualification, and implementation of new programs
Act as a key resource in technical matters involving color development and color harmony for all Global Assembly Plants
Identify and replicate best practices and new color development and color harmony for all Global Assembly Plants
Define Paint shop baseline paint assumptions and specifications to maximize process reliability and color quality
Provide training and coaching to technicians, managers, and manufacturing engineers in the organization
Capture and disseminate color specifications, guidelines, best practices, must/wants, and lessons learned across platforms to maximize the collective value of individual team's experiences
Facilitate the development and release of new materials to advance our SQDCME objectives
Support the color complexity reduction initiatives and drive actions to support the color complexity objectives

Requirements

What you’ll need

BSc, Engineering (Chemical pref) OR Chemistry
5+ years' experience working in a manufacturing environment with Paint manufacturing processes
Extensive knowledge and experience in Paint materials, Paint processes, and Color development
Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to work in a team environment and a willingness to assume a technical leadership position in the organization and demonstrate potential advance
Strong understanding of basic statistics, statistical process control (SPC), and proficiency with data analysis software such as MS Excel and Minitab
Strong communication skills, and ability to organize and present information at all organization levels
Able to travel to support manufacturing sites, color harmony teams, and vehicle program launch teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

Paint manufacturing processesColor developmentPaint materialsStatistical process control (SPC)Data analysisMS ExcelMinitab

Soft Skills

Interpersonal skillsTeamworkTechnical leadershipCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Certifications

BSc in EngineeringBSc in Chemistry