Staff Craftsmanship Engineer

In this role you will have the opportunity to think a little differently about Craftsmanship. You will use your expertise to develop an all-new range of customer focused design principles to directly influence the development of our future vehicles. This role is not just sections and tolerances - innovation through advanced sensory attributes is what we are building.

The mission of our team is to overdeliver on every aspect of the customer experience. You will be instrumental in achieving this goal for Craftsmanship and will be fully empowered by the Ford Advanced EV organization to achieve the best possible results. This role will exposure to the highest levels of leadership within the organization and present many opportunities for development.

Within Craftsmanship our objective is to curate the sensory ‘handshake’ which bonds customer to product via emotional connection. In achieving this goal you will be able to get involved with all aspects of the development process and every element of the vehicle design. Nothing is out of scope if you can prove that there is significant value to benefit Craftsmanship and drive customer satisfaction.

You will represent the voice of the customer for Craftsmanship on our next generation products, being fully empowered to innovate and raise the bar within the business. This will include responsibility for customer research, benchmarking, target setting and driving your requirements to become reality.

You will develop and introduce an all new Craftsmanship concern management process, utilizing the latest tools and  technologies to maximize efficiency and impact to the product. Where required you will design your own solutions to overcome challenges, write standards and requirements, and work directly with suppliers to achieve the desired outcome.

You will be responsible for design refinement of all non A-Surfaced zones within the vehicle. This will provide you with the opportunity to make a huge impact to appearance of our shutfaces and grey zones - including side closures / hood / tailgate shutfaces, underbody and sealing solutions.

You will investigate and develop next generation process solutions for Haptic and Acoustic Craftsmanship sensibilities – including trim / panel  firmness and feel, switch haptics and closures / interior sound quality. 

You will study advanced technologies to take Craftsmanship to the next level – working with internal and external partners to investigate topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Visualization and Modelling, Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies, Metrology and Generative Design.

Required:

• Bachelor's in Engineering, Product / Industrial / Automotive Design, Dimensional Management or technical discipline, Masters preferred. Or equivalent experience. 
• 5+ years' experience with Studio Engineering, Advanced Concept Design, Craftsmanship or Perceived Quality Standards at a global Automotive company.
• Knowledge of part and assembly tolerance stack analysis.
• Proficient experience in Catia or similar CAD software.
• Proficient understanding of GD&T.
• Strong statistical awareness and vision of what high quality looks like.
• Strong understanding of material impact on overall craftsmanship and perceived quality.
• Must be willing to travel 10-20%.

Preferred

• Experience with statistical qualification of machinery, equipment, and gauges is preferred.
• Experience with Automotive produce Marketing or Consumer Research.
• Experience working in a manufacturing/production environment.

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 schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 6.
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