Racing Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

Ford Motor Company

Ford Racing Engineer focusing on Additive Manufacturing projects, collaborating with Design and Release engineers. Driving innovations and facilitating projects to enhance production efficiency.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeAllen Park • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $99,100 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

This person will be responsible for working for Design and Release engineers within Ford Racing to proliferate use of Additive Manufacturing where it makes business sense to do so.
Facilitate Ford Racing Internally-Led Projects
Near term, work with Design and Release (D&R) engineers and development engineers to identify areas where Additive Manufacturing can help our in-flight programs by speeding up evaluation of design iterations or avoidance of capital spend for production tools.
Near term, work with D&R engineers and Architecture team to target specific systems, sub-systems, or components for Additive technologies in the up-front stage of future programs.
Represent Ford Racing In Externally (Non Ford Racing) Led Projects
Coordinate efforts with appropriate program and functional teams as required.
Communicate program requirements (functional, timing, financials) to the external partners to ensure a path to success.
Travel - Limited in beginning to site visits for benchmarking. Opportunities for more optional travel may exist if desired (supplier or partner visits, etc). All Ford facilities are currently in Southeast Michigan.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors in Engineering
Deep Practical Additive Manufacturing experience including:
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Build set-up including orientation, support development, and slicing decisions
Build execution including machine set-up and part production,
Quality confirmation through various post-build scans or measurements
Practical Design and Release experience for automotive components. Must have basic understanding of the product development process and able to work intelligently with engineers
Self starter, highly motivated for success
Passion for winning that will not accept excuses for failure
Entrepreneurial mindset, able to make decisions based on overall value analysis
Masters of Engineering and/or Masters of Engineering Management and/or Masters of Manufacturing Engineering (even better).
Enthusiast background, with passion for enthusiast products or motorsports (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

Additive ManufacturingDesign for Additive ManufacturingBuild set-upMachine set-upPart productionQuality confirmationPost-build scansMeasurementsProduct development processDesign and Release experience

Soft Skills

Self starterHighly motivatedPassion for winningEntrepreneurial mindsetDecision makingCommunicationCoordinationCollaborationProblem solvingAdaptability

Certifications

Bachelors in EngineeringMasters of EngineeringMasters of Engineering ManagementMasters of Manufacturing Engineering