Product Development Engineer-Dimensional Systems

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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... The Dimensional Systems Engineer (DSE) will be responsible for developing locator and assembly strategies that analytically demonstrate the capability to deliver vehicle level fit and functional requirements. In this role, the DSE will be supporting major Ford programs from the studio concept phase through final engineering gateways on Exterior and/or Interior commodities. The DSE will work closely with Design and Release Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers and our suppliers to develop and validate the overall dimensional strategy.

What you'll do...

• Lead the Digital Pre-Assembly 3 (Variation) deliverable for a given program and commodity and drive compliance to the requirements of the engineering gateways.
• Validate gap and flush nominal and tolerance requirements for new programs.
• Lead cross-functional team meetings to develop Locating and Assembly Strategies that meet program fit requirements.
• Create Pre-Print Drawings (PPD) that specify component and end-item Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Perform 2D RSS and 3D VSA studies to predict system variation capability for Appearance and Functional requirements.
• Analyze internal and external production data to leverage tolerance opportunities.
• Develop and implement dimensional enablers to resolve non-compliant DPA 3 requirements.
• Lead variation related issue resolution and escalation on forward models in management forums.
• Validate and sign External SCCAF documents at UPV
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• Validate and sign released GD&T drawings, 3D PMI and CAD at P-Release.
• Benchmark external competitor dimensional strategies.
• Improve upon existing department processes, standards, and best practices.

You’ll have…

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Aerospace or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
3+ years of experience working in automotive integration engineering, design release, systems or manufacturing with an Interior/Exterior focus. If no degree, 7 years of experience is required.

1 year of experience with 3D CAD tools (CATIA/3DX, NX, Solid Works, or similar).

Even better, you may have:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or equivalent.
• Familiarity with GD&T (ASME Y14.5).
• Familiarity with 3D CAD tools (CATIA/3DX, NX, Solid Works, or similar).
• Comfortable with basic statistics and data analysis (using Excel, Minitab or similar).
• Clear communication, curiosity, and a collaborative approach.

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
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement,…