Design and Release Engineer - Wire Harnesses

Overview

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We are looking for engineers to specifically work on wire harnesses and transmission component design, development and validation for current and next‑generation production. The engineer will develop and validate hardware in vehicle as part of product development and ongoing production, work closely with vehicles in the field, assembly plants, and suppliers for root‑cause analysis, and lead competitive benchmarking for wire harnesses and other electrical hardware.

• Develop wire harnesses to meet vehicle‑level cascaded requirements
• Collaborate with vehicle and system engineering groups to optimize and deliver system hardware solutions
• Lead delivery and documentation of all development milestones for transmission systems and components
• Manage wire harness timing to ensure on‑time and quality delivery to all vehicle builds
• Coordinate design verification testing for wire harness components and ensure all results are documented
• Coordinate with suppliers to understand root‑cause analysis with ongoing production
• Coordinate with transmission plants to understand ongoing production related questions
• Develop and maintain main control system level quality documents including boundary diagrams, p‑diagrams, DFMEA
• Support system level competitive benchmarking and reports
• Integrate lessons learned from previous programs

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical) or related field
• 2+ years in automotive design preferably with wire harnesses
• Good academic knowledge of electrical systems
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Self‑motivated with the ability to manage multiple tasks and multiple vehicle platforms
• Be curious and ask questions

• Present in office 4 days per week
• Ability to tear down components that have come back from the field
• Ability to travel to suppliers for plant visits as well as GEMBA‑style events

• 2+ years in transmission component design preferably with wire harnesses

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized back‑up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

This position is a salary grade 6‑8 and ranges from $72,480 - $162,120.

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Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.