Ford Performance - Chassis Systems Engineer

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Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

In this position... 
The Ford Performance teams get to work on all the fun stuff, work on all the new vehicles, and work closely with the racing side. The team is located in the Roush building, and they work on everything in house. Smaller teams, so you get exposure to a lot of different areas.
 

The chassis systems engineer is responsible for delivering our next generation products and ensuring chassis designs meet both vehicle and customer needs.  CSE is the link between the vehicle attributes/requirements and the components.  The CSE role ensures vehicle tuning and/or component changes do not adversely affect error states, vehicle attributes, or quality.  Initial position focus is on up-front program definition and development from program kick-off through initial stage of underbody verification before transitioning to downstream FP team to deliver product through launch. Ford Performance is a small team of dedicated engineers who turn mainstream Ford vehicles into extraordinary performance machines.

You'll have... 

Bachelor of Science in Engineering required. Strong knowledge of chassis systems and how they interface with the other vehicle systems, automotive suspension design and analysis required. Experience with ADAMS Chassis/Car Knowledge of engineering GPDS deliverables Knowledge of engineering tools & processes incl. FMEA quality process & documents, DVP&R, GD&T, DVA, and CATIA/Teamcenter Project management skills Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills Excellent written and oral presentation skills required.

Even better, you may have...

Ford Tier II driver evaluation certification desired Ideal candidate is a self-starter with ability to manage multiple assignments, deliver results and overcome obstacles.

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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD 
This position is a range of salary grades 7-8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 
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What you'll do...

Work within the Advanced Systems Engineering Group defining new product suspension and chassis designs in the provided environment. Establish targets for vehicle kinematic and compliance metrics. Delivery of the vehicle hardpoints and suspension travel Create and maintain program ADAMS model through the life of a program.  Maintain chassis systems health chart to ensure delivery of vehicle attributes.  Lead interface with Vehicle Dynamics/NVH/Road Loads and other functions for target alignment and system level attributes delivery. Connecting the chassis system to suspension and steering components Ensuring the link between analytical methods and actual hardware performance Working with vehicle development and D&R engineers for refining functional characteristics of the suspension components, system, features into the vehicle Cross functional issue resolution SPOC for analytic and mule vehicle road load data acquisition and cascade. Occasional travel may be required to support vehicle development and supplier reviews.