Ford Vehicle Operations Manufacturing Engineering is utilizing advanced planning and design methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom of upward mobility as you strive to realize your professional dreams. We’ve got incredible plans for our future – and your future, too! We’re working on some pretty amazing things, including autonomous and electric vehicles, data centers, micro services, and cloud computing. We are leaders in the industry and are actively trying to implement the latest technology with our processes! Our work delivers the vehicles needed for Ford Performance racing! Get ready to play an important role supporting our incredible advancements!

Excellence: Deliver It. Own It. Focus: Do Only What Matters. Bias For Action.  Collaboration: Seek to Understand. Solve Together

Our goal is to support you and your transition into the high performing, inclusive and engaged workforce needed to meet the manufacturing needs of tomorrow. As part of the engineering cooperative education program (co-op), you will be provided with hands-on experience that will develop you technically and professionally. Over the course of multiple semesters, the co-op program also lets you build a network of friends and contacts, learn about living and playing in Dearborn, Michigan, or alternate production sites in North America to learn valuable skills and see what Ford Motor Company manufacturing is all about!

You can be a part of the team's future success.

Requirements:

As our co-op program is a three-way relationship between Ford, the student and the university, eligible candidates. Must be enrolled as a Kettering University student including graduating high school students enrolled at Kettering in 2024. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA throughout the program. Students must be able to work at least 40 hours per week during work terms. Students must be continually enrolled to be a part of this program.  Must be capable of working in plant production manufacturing environment.  Students must be capable of travel within North America as the Co-op assignment requires. 

 

What you’ll receive in return

As part of this exciting program, you’ll enjoy a high level of involvement with an exceptional team of industry innovators and visionaries.  You’ll contribute in a meaningful way to our important breakthrough work.  And you’ll develop the skills that will give you a significant edge in your future career pursuits. 

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States at time of hire.  Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. 

For more information regarding Ford, go to Ford Corporate Home

For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit: https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-interns.pdf

Co-ops will be assigned to our four (4) core areas of manufacturing – Stamping, Body Construction, Paint Engineering, and Final Assembly. Within these first few assignments, you will be able to demonstrate your technical ability and leadership skills as you begin to define your concentration of interest in the latter years of your educational program.  This highly personalized program is driven by the student’s interests and growth opportunities to develop a capable workforce in support of vehicle manufacturing. 

Those individuals who successfully demonstrate the skills required to contribute to the organization's success will be considered for available openings matching their background and interest upon graduation.