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In your role as a brake Tubes engineer; you will collaborate with a global cross functional team of engineers to develop and release new requirements for current and future brake tubes.  Also, as part of your job, you will work with the brake tubes and  supply base to ensure they are developing the right products for future ford vehicles. 

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar. 1+ years design and release (D&R) or development experience in brakes. Self-starter who can learn to use new tools and find solutions – ability to troubleshoot & fix vehicle problems.

Even better, you may have...

Motivation to bring new technologies from concept to production in a short time. Outstanding leadership and written and verbal communication skills. Experience with FMA and related quality assurance processes. Experience in supplier management and cost negotiation. Awareness of, or experience with ISO 26262, Road vehicles – Functional safety. Experience with complex systems, analysis tools & methods. 1 year of experience using Teamcenter (TcE). 3 years of experience in using Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint for presentations and data manipulation.

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 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 salary grade 8.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LI-Hybrid   #LI-CW1

 

In this position...

Lead monthly brake tubes supplier advanced technology meetings to guide the supply base on their new technology roadmap for future Ford products.   Be the critical “go-to” technical resource for problem solving in quality investigations, Field Service Investigations, launch issue resolution, and new product development. Leader and expert in FMA (Failure Mode Avoidance), Safe Launch, Quality Operating Systems, reliability, and robustness documentation of brake controls systems.

What you'll do...

Benchmark competitor and internal Brake tubes and drive efficient technical solutions to lead the industry in optimized designs. Develop brake tubes and technical standards, design rules, requirements, test methods, engineering. specifications, prevent actions and all corporate memory related to brake tubes and mechanical parking brake.