Technical Specialist, Mechatronics

Job-: PD Operations and Quality

Location:

Dearborn, MI, United States Workplace:
Hybrid

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Preferred Degree:
Master of Engineering 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!, At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using 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 teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart  this position...Seeking a Technical Specialist, Mechatronics to serve as the subject matter expert for the robust design, validation, integration, and production performance of closure-related electronic modules and subsystem interfaces.

This role provides technical leadership across closure features such as door and window systems, liftgates, tailgates, frunk and interfaces such as hood mechanisms, latches, actuators, switches, sensors, and others.

Qualifications You'll have...Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
10 or more years of progressive engineering experience3+ years of experience with engineering requirements, validation planning, design validation, DFMEA, Design Rules, technical documentation, and evidence-based issue resolution.
3+ years of proven ability to lead complex technical reviews with suppliers, internal engineering teams, manufacturing teams, quality teams, and program stakeholders.

Even better, you may have...Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.

Strong understanding of closure system interfaces, including mechanical mechanisms, electronic modules, sensors, actuators, switches, software interactions, wiring, and vehicle-level integration.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate technical topics clearly to leadership and working-level teams.

Recognized technical leadership experience in body, closure, enclosure, or electronic module systems.

Experience mentoring engineers, creating technical training, and deploying best practices across multiple vehicle programs.

Experience supporting supplier technical assistance, manufacturing launch, design verification, quality actions, and customer concern resolution.

Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement, apply lessons learned, and strengthen corporate engineering standards.

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
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child…