Technical Expert - Gears and Splines

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You will have global responsibilities working for Ford Motor Company leading Gear Design, Development and Release as the go to technical expert. This group is responsible for all automatic step ratio transmissions, hybrids as well as leading the gear design future for BEV Power Unit applications.

As a technical lead you will be responsible for the gear tooth definition to achieve best in class performance for power density, durability, NVH, cost, and efficiency. You will be interacting with gear prototype operations, gear manufacturing, systems engineering, and vehicle NVH to achieve these goals.

What you’ll do…

• Primarily designing parallel axis gearing as related to layshaft and planetary gear sets for automatic transmissions, E power units, and hybrid applications

• Perform gear and spline hardware reviews and assessments throughout the development process

• Lead problem solving investigations to resolve durability and NVH concerns

• Optimize gear mesh losses while maintaining durability and NVH robustness

• Design and/or review and sign-off gear designs, macro and micro geometries utilizing a combination of in house, Ohio State University and commercial programs (LDP, Romax, T3D)

• Signoff responsibility for gear and spline components/assemblies at program milestones.  Author, review and approve all FMA documentation (DVP, Boundary, DFMEA, Design Rules etc.)

• Lead material testing to develop S/N curves for bending, pitting and tooth flank fatigue

• Mentoring and training all things gearing and splines

• Collaborate with industry experts

• Work with manufacturing engineering on gear/spline design and process feasibility studies

• Develop and implement new design process methodologies and analytical tools

•  Bachelor of Science/Engineering
•  8+ years of experience with gear and spline design and bringing those products to market
• Demonstrated experience in planetary carrier, needle bearings, and planet washer designs
• Experience designing components employing Powder Metal alloys, stampings, forgings, laser welding, and material staking features
• Proven record of teamwork with related geartrain engineering team to optimize bearing pre-loads, press fits, lube budget, stiffness
• Effective knowledge of gear and spline manufacturing process, metallurgy and heat treatment
• Self-directed, excellent people and communications skills
• Be able to lead a diverse team from many organizations to resolve issues
• Proficient in LTCA (such as OSU LDP)
• Some travel to supplier or Ford assembly plants may be required

• Fluent in reading/interpreting gear chart and quality data

  Even better, you may have...

• MS in Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years of gear design
• Gear manufacturing and Gear NVH resolution experience
• Gear tool design (Dontyne or the like) and prototype manufacturing experience
• Advanced problem solving skill (Black Belt Certified preferred)
• Published Technical Paper(s)
• Proficient in Multi-body System software (Romax, T3D)
• INCOSE CSEP certification or equivalent preferred
• Versed in UML and SysML modeling languages preferred
• Model based system engineering development utilizing MagicDraw/3DX toolkit preferred

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've 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 builder…or 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 sched