Senior Low Voltage Release Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...
Electrical systems architecture spans a diverse range of critical customer-facing attributes, hardware, and software domains. This team will be highly technical in nature and will come from engineering and data centric team environments that have had to deliver the holistic end to end engineering life cycle from ideation through design, engineering, test and ensuring efficient industrialization.

As a Low Voltage Release Engineer, you’ll use your technical expertise to wholistically drive complex problems to completion. You’ll work amongst the team to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress. You’ll work side by side with engineers on a daily basis; your technical expertise, insight and know-how will drive the team forward.
 

What you'll do...

• Execute the end-to-end release actions for various electronic components within the Product Lifecycle Management system (3DX)
• Drive engineering teams towards containment and resolution of issues raised from design reviews, virtual builds, and build events to protect the program’s schedule to start of production (SOP) and ongoing production
• Manage open issues list for internal and external projects, driving team to close items on time and at a high level of quality.
• Maintain supplier relationships in collaboration with Supply Chain team to ensure timely deliveries for build events
• Support key decisions working cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy to reach the right conclusions
• Effectively present information to technical or non-technical audiences ranging from team level meetings through to Executive briefs and updates
• Anticipate and manage platform risks, perform trade-offs and identify contingency plan(s) or alternate approaches to mitigate risks and provide strong leadership to team in circumstances where there may be uncertainty or ambiguity
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, technicians, and suppliers to design, procure and build physical test assets.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience in an engineering setting involving complex systems development
• Detailed knowledge of product development process from design, development, validation and integration
• Proven experience driving progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Expertise with Jira and Confluence for project management
• Experience with JAMA for requirements documentation
• Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project
• Experience designing and releasing mechanical and electromechanical systems
• CAD proficiency in assembly and part design, FEA, and 2D drawings. Catia and 3D Experience preferred

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s degree in engineering or business administration
• Experience in leading product development from concept to deployment
• Experience launching a product from concept through production, preferably in automotive
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team
• A systems approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement
• An ability to craft clear, compelling recommendations supported by strong analysis and business logic, and articulate them to the organization to gain support for recommendations.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you