Product Development Engineer

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In this position...

In this role the engineer must understand general electronic reliability and test standards. Experience in automotive testing and reliability is required. The engineer must be willing to share responsibility for the Ford environmental test strategy and requirements for Electronic modules. Maintaining these test requirements and adapting them to meet corporate reliability strategy will be required. Additionally, the engineer must support the application of these requirements by address questions from teams working to implement them, review test plans, and review test results.

Skills required:

Worst-case Circuit Analysis:

* Understanding the application of the analysis and how it applies to the larger reliability and test strategy.

Reliability engineering:

* Understanding of reliability concepts, such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMECA), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), and stress/derating analysis.

Requirements management:

* Understanding the requirement meaning for an application. Ability to understand and answer questions about requirement content and applicability.

* Understanding of environmental test requirements, their application, and the ability to help apply those requirements and answer questions about them from other team members.

* Ability to incorporate lessons learned to remove potential gaps in the requirements to prevent issue reoccurrence.

The role of Core Environmental Test / Reliability Engineer requires supporting the development and application of Ford Motor Company electronic module reliability and test standards. This role requires knowledge and experience in the applications of testing electronics in automotive or similar environments / applications.

What you'll do...

Support the development and maintenance of new and existing electronic reliability requirements.

Provide guidance on the application of these requirements.

Review and approve test plans for electronic module environmental testing.

Review and approve test results and support investigation of non-compliances.

Support issue investigation and resolution for electronic module test and reliability concerns for Ford internal teams and all tiers of suppliers to Ford Motor Company.

Support Ford's interest in industry standards related to electronics testing and reliability

* Act as a subject matter expert in the areas of:

* Environmental Testing for Electronic Module

* Solder processes for manufacturing

* Conformal coating and nano coating

* Reliability Physics Analysis

What you'll do...

Support the development and maintenance of new and existing electronic reliability requirements.

Provide guidance on the application of these requirements.

Review and approve test plans for electronic module environmental testing.

Review and approve test results and support investigation of non-compliances.

Support issue investigation and resolution for electronic module test and reliability concerns for Ford internal teams and all tiers of suppliers to Ford Motor Company.

Support Ford's interest in industry standards related to electronics testing and reliability

* Act as a subject matter expert in the areas of:

* Environmental Testing for Electronic Module

* Solder processes for manufacturing

* Conformal coating and nano coating

* Reliability Physics Analysis