Product Development Structural Castings Engineer

Dearborn, MI, United States (Hybrid)

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life.

We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

In this position...

This position is within our Product Development organization focused on the design and development of structural high pressure die cast (HPDC) components to support the future body in white (BIW) and frame designs. The engineer in this position will be responsible for generating HPDC structural casting design solutions, including CAD concepts of castings, gating systems, overflows while checking for manufacturing feasibility.

You will also work with cross functional teams for vehicle attribute validation including crash safety, durability and NVH, and will make changes to the casting to improve the results as required. The engineer will also provide technical support during the execution and industrialization phase of the program, generate Core engineering documentation to continuously improve our casting systems, support other less experienced engineers with CAD capabilities, manufacturing casting experience and interpretation of simulation results.

Casting design experience is required.

You will be part of the Structural Castings team responsible for delivering casting solutions for Ford’s Global programs, and with a unique opportunity to influence Ford’s growth in the casting space, being involved in exciting new casting technology like Rheocasting and Thixomolding.

What you’ll do…

• Create casting designs to integrate multiple parts into one casting.
• Develop business cases for proposed casting solutions for management’s consideration
• Provide direction on design or process changes needed to optimize the casting process for maximum quality and cost efficiency.
• Support technical documentation including lessons learned, best practices, design rules, design requirements and keep them updated in the Ford internal system.
• Work with cross functional teams for vehicle packaging compliance and issue resolution
• Support less experienced engineers in CAD, tooling design and on-site casting quality assessment for prototype part buy-off, including suggestions on how to improve the casting at a process or tooling level.
• Support external suppliers and tool shops with process and tooling verification prior to production startup.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's in Mechanical, Materials or Manufacturing Engineering or a related field
• 5+ years of casting design experience
• Ability to design solids in CAD (Catia, NX or 3DX)
• Ability to interpret simulation results (Magmasoft, Flow 3D, Procast, etc) and improve the casting design based on those.
• Proficiency in CAD
• Experience working in a foundry or tool shop launching castings or HPDC tools in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills and ability to manage several projects at the same time in a highly variable and uncertain environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flex…