Vehicle Integration Engineer at Ford Motor Company

Job Description

As the “Voice of the Customer” for new Vehicle Programs, you will drive customer-valued innovation into future model rear Ford/Lincoln products by influencing every aspect of the design. While representing all vehicle attributes you will touch, influence & optimize every aspect of the vehicle design for our future customers. Come be a part of the Ford Vehicle Integration (VI) team and establish the next generation of Ford products!

Other Information:

This position is a total vehicle / cross-functional opportunity with high visibility.

Limited travel required

Responsibilities

• Be the Voice of the Customer for a new large scale, global product
• Support the Vehicle Engineering Manager in their role as Chief Technical Officer on your program.
• Lead cross-attribute and cross-functional engineering issue resolution
• Understand customer-perceived vehicle attribute performance, and integrate attribute targets that are well-matched to the customer and the specific vehicle program.
• Champion development of features that differentiate and delight our customers. Ensure that the right program content is protected to achieve customer, corporate, and program requirements.
• Champion completion of Vehicle Engineering (VE) deliverables for each vehicle program milestones and gateways, including senior management drives and reviews
• Represent VE during prototype and pre-production builds
• Lead subjective-drive evaluations, management experience events and identify customer-level and engineering issues. Ensure all major issues are communicated to the responsible functional areas and drive all issues to full resolution.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering with 3.0 above GPA
• 4-10 years of automotive experience in product development and experience of handling cross-functional issues.
• Strong understanding of customer-perceived vehicle attributes – Familiarity with a wide range of vehicle attributes and systems, strong technical depth in VE attributes
• Analytical skills to identify, diagnose and resolve issues
• Experience in cross-functional leadership with great teamwork skills is highly desired
• Highly motivated individual with a drive for results, leadership mentality and a self-starter attitude
• Able to handle multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to quickly create presentations to demonstrate key points
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Possession of Valid Current US Driver’s License
• Have passion for trucks and off-road vehicles; understand how vehicle systems work.
• Prior VE experience is a plus
  
  
  

About Us

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

About The Team

Ford Product Development is utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification, to smart mobility technologies, our Product Development teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.