Powertrain Software Validation Engineer
Ford Motor Company
Python
Manufacturing Engineer
Ford Motor Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program, beginning at initial concept through launch at the final assembly facility.
- Development of tooling and facilities based on product and process.
- Apply lean manufacturing principles.
- Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds.
- Drive resolution of manufacturing issues.
- Interface with Design and Release activities.
- Develop formal assembly process instructions and enter the process sheets into VPS system.
- Lead assembly tooling specification purchase, installation, start-up, and commissioning at the assembly site.
- Track all open tooling and process issues and drive to closure including meeting all exit criteria deliverables - cycle time, throughput, workstation readiness, etc.
- Prepare management presentations.
- Drive quality, cost and labor improvements.
- Support new model launches. During launches, the position will require extensive travel, standing, and walking in a plant environment.
- Deliver dimensionally in-spec parts for their respective system. Understand component data and a system impact.
- Deliver cycle line layouts and work with the assembly plants to have a complete operator/equipment workstation ready for launch.
- Operate in stressful situations within timing constraints
- Work with minimal direct supervision
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or an equivalent manufacturing engineering
- Willingness to travel and support launch activities at our North American Assembly plants (USA, Canada & Mexico)
- Travel is required including co-location at a North American Assembly plant for 9 or more months depending on scale of vehicle launch.
- 1 or more years of Microsoft Office experience to include Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Up to 40-50% travel required
- Even better, you may have:
- Solid background with virtual manufacturing tools
- Experience with tooling, process, quality, and or facility equipment in a production environment.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Working knowledge of statistics (control charts, data collecting, etc.)
Benefits
- 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
lean manufacturingtooling developmentassembly process instructionscycle time analysisthroughput optimizationworkstation readinessquality improvementstatistical analysisvirtual manufacturing toolsmanufacturing engineering
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationpresentation skillsproblem-solvingorganizational skillsability to work under pressureminimal supervisionteam collaborationadaptabilityattention to detail