Manufacturing Controls Engineering Technologist

Dearborn, MI, United States (Hybrid)

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

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, driven performers who think creatively to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

What you'll do...

• Provide hands‑on technical support to engineers responsible for manufacturing controls, automation, assembly, and machining systems.
• Work under the direction of qualified engineers to install, commission, test, troubleshoot, repair, and improve production equipment and control systems.
• Connect to PLCs, HMIs, drives, robots, vision systems, CNC equipment, motion controls, and industrial networks to diagnose faults and verify equipment operation.
• Perform field checks of electrical panels, sensors, actuators, safety devices, network connections, and machine interfaces using appropriate diagnostic tools.
• Assist engineers with PLC and HMI software changes, I/O checkout, device configuration, backups, functional testing, and controlled implementation of approved revisions.
• Read and apply electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic drawings, equipment manuals, controls specifications, and engineering instructions during installation and troubleshooting activities.
• Collect machine data, document test results, identify failure symptoms, and provide findings to the responsible engineer for technical evaluation and disposition.
• Support equipment suppliers, skilled trades, maintenance personnel, and plant teams during equipment build, installation, debug, launch, and production recovery.
• Verify that completed work conforms to approved engineering designs, controls standards, safety requirements, and documented test procedures.
• Capture lessons learned, update technical records, and communicate equipment status, open issues, and recommended follow‑up actions to the supervising engineer.
• Hands‑on troubleshooting experience with PLCs, HMIs, variable‑frequency drives, servo systems, CNC equipment, robots, vision systems, safety systems, sensors, and industrial networks.
• Working knowledge of Siemens, Allen‑Bradley, Schneider, or Bosch control platforms, including online diagnostics, I/O monitoring, device configuration, program backups, and implementation of engineer‑approved changes.
• Applied experience with Structured Control Language, function and function‑block diagnostics, ladder logic, HMI screens, and industrial communication protocols.
• Ability to use multimeters, network diagnostic tools, PLC programming software, drive configuration software, and other equipment‑specific service tools.
• Ability to read, mark up, and verify electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics, panel layouts, I/O lists, and device documentation.
• Experience performing power‑on checks, I/O checkout, device validation, safety‑system verification, cycle testing, fault recovery, and production readiness checks.
• Travel up to 80% during peak program periods and work off shifts or plant shutdowns as required for equipment installation, commissioning, and launch support

You'll have...

• Associate degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Automation or…