Vehicle Safety and Compliance Integration Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Vehicle Safety and Compliance Integration Engineer at Ford focusing on safety compliance and product development. Collaborating with engineering teams for robust vehicle safety and compliance.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $86,600 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will be directly supporting the core functional area to assess and validate designs for regulatory compliance and safety, working closely with hardware, software and features engineering teams to ensure component, sub-system and systems level safety / compliance throughout the development cycle, product launch phase, on-going change management and field evaluations.
Seeking candidates to support underbody systems such as brakes, suspension, steering, wheels, tires, driveline, and transmission.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in engineering
5+ Experience in Product Development (PD) and/or Vehicle Homologation & Compliance (VH&C)
Experience in any chassis system(s) or driveline/transmission system as a D&R engineer
FEDE experience with requirements: classification, assessment and evidence
Strong basis of understanding Ford’s processes (technology development, product development (GPDS), design validation and verification, vehicle operations and potential defect investigations)
Positive problem-solving attitude and conflict resolution skills
Experience with 3L5W, G8D and PAC papers
Familiarity with DFMEA’s and severity ratings, including the new rating tables
Knowledge of FMVSS requirements and ability to apply them throughout engineering process
Ability to collaborate and connect cross-functionally to implement transformative process improvements
Strong communication and cross-functional networking skills
Strong decision-making skills and resolve to raise issues to the right people at the right time
Global understanding of Ford’s processes and products for technical read-across
Ability to critically evaluate data to make key decisions
Strong desire to improve safety and drive safety culture throughout Ford
Desire to get hands on during fresh eyes reviews (FER’s)

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

Product DevelopmentVehicle HomologationChassis SystemsDriveline SystemsTransmission SystemsDFMEAFMVSS RequirementsDesign ValidationDesign VerificationData Evaluation

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingConflict ResolutionCollaborationCommunicationDecision-MakingNetworkingCritical EvaluationSafety Culture ImprovementTransformative Process ImprovementHands-On Review

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering