Manufacturing Engineer – Manufacturing Engineering Transformation

Ford Motor Company

Manufacturing Engineering Transformation Engineer at Ford focuses on developing solutions for digital manufacturing. Collaborates with various stakeholders to ensure successful deployment of innovations.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $72,480 - $162,120 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop Requirements: Utilize your experience to lead workshops and interviews with manufacturing engineers, industrial engineers, plant personnel and leaders to identify opportunities. Translate these business needs into detailed technical requirements and user stories for the development team.
Solution Alignment: Ensure that proposed digital solutions align with the broader manufacturing strategy, existing IT architecture, and industry standards.
Development Oversight and Prioritization: Act as the technical product owner by managing the feature backlog. You will work closely with developers to clarify questions, remove blockers, and prioritize sprint tasks based on business value and urgency.
Product Review: Conduct regular reviews of the software solutions during the development phase to ensure the build matches the engineering specifications and quality standards.
Stakeholder Demo: 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.
Stakeholder Communication: Act as the bridge between software development teams and manufacturing stakeholders—including engineers, plant personnel, and leadership—by clearly articulating project status and synthesizing technical details.
Project Management: Utilize Jira to manage the product backlog, track progress, and ensure timely delivery of features.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
1-3 years of experience in an advanced Manufacturing Engineering environment (automotive, aerospace, or heavy industry preferred)
1-3 years of experience in creating / maintaining Manufacturing Bill of Material (MBOM), Bill of Process (BoP), and Bill of Equipment (BoE)
Experience with Siemens Teamcenter
Experience with formal product and process Change Management
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 (even better)
Experience with PLM tools (e.g., Teamcenter, AWC, NX, etc) (even better)
Experience leveraging manufacturing engineering tools for tasks such as human and/or machine time studies, process simulations, and assembly line balancing (even better)
Experience with requirements assessments, issue management, PFMEA / Control Plans (even better)
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira) (even better)
Knowledge in the following Ford software systems: FEDE, WERS, GSPAS/APT (even better)

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

Manufacturing EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringComputer ScienceManufacturing Bill of Material (MBOM)Bill of Process (BoP)Bill of Equipment (BoE)Change ManagementRequirements AssessmentsPFMEAControl Plans

Soft Skills

problem-solvinganalytical skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationindependent workteam collaborationProject Managementresults-oriented mindset