Solution Architect – Supply Chain Intelligence
Ford Motor Company
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Hardware Integration Engineer
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- **In this position...**
- - Identify opportunity areas for optimization and part reduction.
- - Drive cost reduction, weight minimization, quality improvements.
- - Coordinate with Body Interior Core Teams on system optimization opportunities and manage change.
- **What you'll do...**
- - Drive VHE Integration Adherence to Systems Engineering Operating Principles.
- - Champion trade-off decisions to balance within the VHE Function.
Requirements
- **You'll have...**
- - Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
- - 5+ years of automotive hardware engineering experience.
- - Must have the knowledge of Systems Engineering Fundamental and Design Thinking.
- - Demonstrates critical thinking, courage, humility, decisiveness, flexibility, knowledge, vision, communications.
- - Ability to work in dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- - Demonstrated ability to show initiative.
- - Excellent written and verbal communication skills (open, clear, and inclusive).
- - Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results.
- - Demonstrated organizational & delegation skills with proper follow-up.
- - Demonstrated ability to manage multiple issues effectively and efficiently.
- - Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload managing immediate and future needs.
- - Ability to build strong effective relationships with cross functional teams (Program, Studio, Purchasing, Finance, Engineering).
- - Strong technical capability and problem-solving skills.
- - Fluent in English Speaking and Writing.
- **Even better, you may have...**
- - Master’s in Engineering.
- - Demonstrated Production Launch experience.
- - Demonstrated experience with program management.
- - Strong fundamentals and working knowledge of the Cost Process and Functional Led Cost/Appearance Delivery Process.
- - Effective coaching skills.
- - Strong fundamentals and working knowledge of GPDS processes.
- - Strong understanding of Teamcenter, Bill of Materials management.
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
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Hard skills
automotive hardware engineeringSystems Engineering FundamentalDesign Thinkingprogram managementCost ProcessFunctional Led Cost/Appearance Delivery ProcessGPDS processesBill of Materials managementVHE Integration Adherenceproduction launch
Soft skills
critical thinkingcouragehumilitydecisivenessflexibilitycommunicationinitiativeleadershiporganizational skillsrelationship building
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineeringMaster’s in Engineering