Product Development Engineer – Movable Glass Sealing

Ford Motor Company

Core Moveable Glass Systems Engineer at Ford transforming vehicle designs through innovative glass systems. Defining engineering standards and ensuring quality across product portfolios.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $99,100 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and Own Core System Requirements: Define, document, and maintain comprehensive system-level requirements and specifications for all core moveable glass systems, ensuring alignment with corporate standards, regulatory compliance, and long-term product strategy.
Lead Quality DFMEA Development: Drive the creation and continuous improvement of foundational Quality Design Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (Q-DFMEAs) for core moveable glass systems, identifying potential failure modes and establishing robust mitigation strategies.
Establish Design Rules and Guidelines: Develop, document, and propagate detailed design rules, best practices, and engineering guidelines for moveable glass systems to ensure consistency, quality, and manufacturability across all vehicle lines.
Drive Technology Roadmapping & Innovation: Research and evaluate emerging technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes for moveable glass. Develop technology roadmaps and lead early-stage innovation projects to define next-generation system capabilities.
System Architecture and Modularity: Define modular architectures and interface standards for core moveable glass systems to facilitate efficient integration and re-use across multiple vehicle platforms.
Technical Expertise and Support: Provide expert technical guidance and support to application engineering teams, resolving complex issues and ensuring adherence to established foundational documents.
Supplier Technical Strategy: Collaborate with strategic suppliers to influence their technology roadmaps, ensure their capabilities align with our core system requirements, and validate their adherence to our foundational quality and design standards.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Work closely with Research & Advanced Engineering, Design, Studio, Vehicle Engineering, Body Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to ensure foundational documents meet all stakeholder needs and enable seamless future product development.
Benchmarking and Best Practices: Conduct in-depth benchmarking of competitor systems and industry best practices to continuously improve our core specifications and design methodologies.
Documentation and Training: Create and deliver training materials and presentations on core system requirements, DFMEAs, and design rules to educate engineering teams across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering field.
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in automotive product development, with a strong focus on system engineering, requirements management, and/or quality methodologies for complex systems focused on moveable glass & closures.
Demonstrated experience in developing and owning core engineering documentation, such as system requirements, design specifications, or D/P-FMEAs.
Proven understanding of quality tools and methodologies (e.g., DFMEA, DVP&R, 8D, Root Cause Analysis).
Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, material selection, and manufacturing processes relevant to moveable glass (e.g., stamping, injection molding, extrusion, glass forming).
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with an emphasis on foundational system definition.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.

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

system requirementsDFMEADVP&R8DRoot Cause Analysismechanical design principlesmaterial selectionmanufacturing processesstampinginjection molding

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscritical thinkingwritten communicationverbal communication

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's degree in Materials Engineering