Durability Engineer

Durability Engineer

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In this position...
Be part of a Ford team responsible delivering vehicles that are Built Ford Tough. You will champion a team that works cross-functionally with all teams to deliver vehicles that are robust to our customers use.
You will track and report overall program durability health/readiness from concept to launch and beyond. Using the health data you will be responsible for ensuring milestone reporting requirement are met organize cross-functional teams to drive issue resolution and hold teams accountable to deliver against the addition you will complete tasks that support the durability attribute related to design loads cascading and loads analysis.

What youll do...
Act as single point of contact for program Durability
Pre-Durability Planning - Lessons learned spare parts competitive benchmarking
Drive the development and cascade durability targets. Develop design loads as part of a team to cascade in early phases of the program and support load analysis studies during CAE design phases and verification phase.
Develop/ maintain Vehicle Level Durability Verification Plan
Interface w/ proving grounds and labs for tracking raising and resolving issues.
Champion Durability Milestone assessments (Program Design Reviews and Milestone)
Develop and maintain a program durability health chart.
Provide durability program readiness for OK to buy Matrix.
Champion Program durability issue resolution/closure
Interface with various functional and test teams to ensure test (method) aligns with vehicle level requirements and issues are captured raised and resolved.
Lead regular Director level Durability risk assessments.
Ensure all teams deliver according to product development timing.

Youll have...

Bachelors Degree in Engineeringor equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

5 years Road Loads Durability CAE Durability Attribute or Vehicle Attribute experience

Even better you may have...
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Experience with material strength and fatigue
Experience in interpreting tested data
Familiarity with architectural tools (C123 CSE etc)
Programming Skills (e.g. MATLAB Python etc.)
Experience using SimCenter (LMS) TestLab nCode and Reliasoft
Familiarity with capabilities of MSC ADAMS NASTRAN ABAQUS or OPTISTRUCT
Possess a growth mindset and desire to work in fast-paced and highly technical environment
Highly motivated and proactive with exceptional attention to detail
Strong problem-solving skills coupled with strong communication and teamwork skills


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.


For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary gradesGrade 7-8.

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