Product Development Engineer – Chassis Brakes Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Engineers design and release Chassis Brakes at Ford Motor Company. Responsible for delivering foundation brake systems, managing supplier performance, and product evaluation.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65,100 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Empowered Engineering Assignment featuring: project management, decision making, problem solving, and leadership development
Experience with global platform engineering
Design and Release of Brake Hardware
The engineer manages supplier delivery and performance.
He or she serves as a leader and representative of brake engineering to interfacing organizations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (ME or EE) Required, Graduate Degree in Engineering (ME or EE)
Strong leadership skills – inherent self-starter, self-motivated, with strong drive for results.
Design & Release of Components
Project management skills - Capable of managing projects by looking both at the big picture objectives and at detail administration to achieve these objectives.
Strong oral/written communication skills to lead group projects, issue resolution, and management reviews
Able to work in unfamiliar and unstructured situations and succeed
Computer-literate. Proficiency in MS Office/Outlook: Excel; Word, PowerPoint, CAD (Catia / Team Center) exposure, etc.
Experiences in functional engineering desirable, preferably chassis or automotive-related work experience (Ford, OEM or supplier)
Recognized in prior work assignments for demonstrated performance
Demonstrated proficiency in engineering disciplines preferred: DVP&R, DFMEA, 8D, Process Controls, Reliability, and System Engineering Fundamentals
Ability to travel and support Ford Motor Company final assembly plants and supplier sites, when required, during project delivery.

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

project managementdesign and release of componentsDVP&RDFMEA8Dprocess controlsreliabilitysystem engineering fundamentalsbrake hardware designglobal platform engineering

Soft Skills

leadershipproblem solvingdecision makingself-starterself-motivateddrive for resultsoral communicationwritten communicationissue resolutionability to work in unstructured situations

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in EngineeringGraduate Degree in Engineering