Student Worker Program Closures Systems Engineer

At Ford Motor Company we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams! With our incredible plans for the future of mobility we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrows transportation.

Electric Vehicle Digital Design (EVDD) is responsible for developing the key technologies and capabilities such as EV platforms batteries e-motors inverters charging and recycling to create ground-up breakthrough electric vehicles. By joining the best software engineering design and UX talent you will be a part of creating new technologies and concepts that can be applied across the Ford enterprise. Being on the EVDD team means building the future as Fords center of innovation and growth through electric and connected vehicles and services.

As a Closures Systems Engineer Student Worker you will work amongst the team to drive complex closures design problems to completion. You will be working on a small high performing team that will have a high interaction and collaboration with other vehicle systems owners to deliver a fully integrated EV vehicle that achieve aspirational targets associated with cost weight efficiency and exceed operational tolerances required to deliver the ambitious project scope. This team will be highly technical in nature and will come from engineering and data centric team environments that will deliver high quality designs. You will perform holistic end to end engineering life cycle from ideation through design engineering and test.

What youll do

• Responsible for closures CAD design and release.
• Plan conceptualize and develop designs to effectively support existing and new product offerings.
• Develop testing processes and perform testing and validation of new designs.
• Coordinate with design team on concept realization and feasibility using rapid prototyping methodologies. Perform engineering calculations to support design work.
• Use engineering analysis and simulation to design in product quality in the early design stages and reduce iteration and issues during new product introduction.
• Create design documentation for release to manufacturing including part/assembly drawings.
• Support program through production tooling qualification testing and manufacturing introduction.
• Create and review technical drawings plans and specifications using CAD software.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineering teams and work with vendors and contractors.
• Participate in activities to verify the accuracy of designs while documenting each process.

What youll have

• Currently studying Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant field
• Experience with Catia V5/6 3DX and or other CAD software
• Experience with confluence and Jira or similar applications
• Detailed knowledge of the product development process from design development validation and industrialization
• Knowledge of the materials processes & technologies used to deliverautomotive structure systems or equivalent products
• Proven experience driving progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines
• Experience in an automotive product development environment
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team
• A system approach with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement

Even better you may have

• Ability to post-process CAE data (META Altair Hyperview etc.).

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!

What youll receive in return: As part of this exciting program youll enjoy a high level of involvement with an exceptional team of industry innovators and visionaries. Youll contribute in a meaningful way to our important breakthrough work. And youll develop the skills that will give you a significant edge in your future career pursuits. If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility wed love to have you join us.

This position is a salary grade 4.

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