Product Development Engineer - DX Development & Deployment Specialist

Position: Product Development Engineer - 3DX Development & Deployment Specialist
Job Description

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...

Ford Motor Company is developing and deploying the next-generation Digital Vehicle Engineering Platform as we continue to build a high-performing Digital Transformation organization that is a key contributor to drive Ford+ forward.

Seeking a highly skilled PLM Technical Specialist with deep 3

DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA expertise to design, implement, migrate, and support enterprise PLM capabilities in a multi-site environment. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience with ENOVIA schema modeling and performance tuning, UI/widget development (HTML5/JavaScript/JSP/JPO), MQL/JPO-based extensions, data migration and validation, automated test frameworks for CAD/PLM integrations, license administration, and end-to-end production support.

Production planning/execution on 3

DEXPERIENCE, data model customization aligned to product specifications and vehicle requirements, 3

DEXPERIENCE Web Services usage, and rigorous RCA-driven support are central to this role.

Strong scheduling, release execution, production cutover, license compliance, and vendor enhancements management experience are required to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of engineering deliverables across global teams and suppliers.

Job Description:

The Specialist will focus on 3

DEXPERIENCE (3DX) Product Lifecycle Management solutions, empowering engineering and operations teams to efficiently manage and deliver product data and change at scale.

In this role, the developer will leverage an Agile approach to conceptualize, build, test, and deploy 3DX/ENOVIA Code, Debug Kit, Pinpoint to manage Software Fix Releases customizations, widgets, and data pipelines grounded in current 3DX practices.

The successful candidate will drive modernization from legacy applications into an object-based 3

DEXPERIENCE environment-ensuring solutions are reliable, performant, and user-friendly-and will provide demos, training, and production cutover support.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

• 3DX PLM Solution Development
  • Design, develop, test, and deploy customizations and integrations within the 3
    
    DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA platform, including MQL/JPO-based extensions, 3
    
    DEXPERIENCE Web Services, and role-based UI components.
  • Customize and optimize ENOVIA data models (types, policies, relationships, attributes, life cycles) to meet product specifications and vehicle requirements while ensuring optimal system performance and scalability.
  • Develop custom widgets and user-friendly interfaces to streamline workflows, increase adoption, and reduce cycle times; provide end-to-end technical support with root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
• Platform releases and operations
  • Lead 3DX patching and upgrades (including future 3DX Rx releases): scope and impact analysis, regression testing, cutover/rollback planning, environment validation, and publication of change documentation and runbooks.
  • Provide Level 2/3 technical support: triage incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, implement corrective/preventive actions, and maintain operational knowledge bases; manage Service Requests (SRs) and Enhancement Requests (ERs) with the vendor to resolution.
  • Monitor system health and performance; implement proactive maintenance, configuration hygiene, and security/access reviews across environments.
  • Extract Platform related reports (Object Based/incident based) as per business needs/requirements.
• Dev Ops and Agile delivery
  • Establish CI/CD practices for PLM components and scripts where applicable; automate build, unit tests, packaging, and deployment for JPOs, MQL artifacts, and widgets with versioned, traceable releases.
  • Apply code quality scanning and peer reviews; plan schedules, forecast timelines, create and manage service orders, and provide clear status updates to business and cross-functional teams in an Agile model.
  • Maintain promotion controls between development, test, and production environments; ensure reproducibility and fast rollback.
• Interfaces and 3
  
  DEXPERIENCE Web Services
  • Develop custom interfaces using Java and 3
    
    DEXPERIENCE Web Services to enable reliable transactions across PLM modules and connected applications.
  • Author service interactions and handlers consistent with 3DX modeler concepts, including payload design, error handling, and traceability across environments.
  • Maintain technical documentation, sequence diagrams, and runbooks to support…