Human Factors Attribute Engineer

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Product Developmentuses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative exciting and sustainable ideas to have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy electrification smart mobility technologies and more!

This job is a U.S. based HYBRID postion and requires a minimum of 4 days onsite at the Dearborn MI office.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

The Human Factors Attribute Team ensures that desirable physical user experiences are translated from ideas into a series of engineering attribute requirements and drive them to execution. We accomplish this by creating high-level systems engineering documents using human factors principles and leading cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that will delight our customers.

This requires close collaboration with Design Digital Product Design Human Centered Design Marketing Engineering and Program Management

The ideal candidate is passionate about in vehicle experiences and committed to improving the products we deliver.

Responsibilities:

Lead cross-feature and functional teams to develop fully well-thought-out physical experiences through the program lifecycle with the following responsibilities:

• Responsible for translating physical concepts into attribute level requirement documents
• Communicate experiences in the language of engineering targets and requirements for the downstream Feature and Function owners
• Collaborate on the design development and delivery of innovative solutions that would improve customer satisfaction
• Craft use cases to demonstrate usefulness usability and desirability of physical experiences
• Identify develop and conduct research to understand customer preferences
• Cascade attribute requirements to feature and functional teams
• Lead issue resolution and coordinate delivery between multiple Functions to ensure designs are compatible with Customer Experiences Attribute targets Corporate requirements Service Assembly etc.
• Verify human factors attribute requirements delivered meet customer expectations

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Engineering or related degree
• 5 years Engineering Work Experience or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong sense of customer empathy problem identification and resolution
• Passion for user experience customer-centered design and product excellence
• Ability to translate abstract concepts into actionable items for implementation
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Skills
• Excellent teamwork leadership interpersonal and communication skills required
• Ability to present findings and point of view effectively with management and other organizations
• Familiarity with systems engineering principles and techniques
• Comfortable working on changing demands and early vehicle program work
• Self-starter with ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with minimal direction
• Willingness to learn new tools to continuously improve skillsets
• Proficient in Catia Teamcenter MagicDraw FEDE JAMA
  

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor 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 care 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a range of salary grades GSR 7-8 .

For more information on salary and benefits click here: job is a U.S. based HYBRID postion and requires a minimum of 4 days onsite at the Dearborn MI office.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

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