Structural Durability 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... 
This department is rapidly evolving and the opportunities to lead and innovate are endless.  The selected individual will have influence over ford products, and a deep breadth of opportunity to grow, lead and advance.
Be part of a Ford team responsible for methods development and process evolution. You will be tasked with correlating structural durability life analytical results with on-road data, and the development of methods to improve our predictive capabilities. You will work with the Vehicle Durability and Reliability department to understand high-incident rate issues and develop methods to improve the robustness of analytical component sign-off. In this position, your primary development will be centered around correlation to tested data & customer experience, so experience and proficiency with strong first principles understanding of stress/strain and strength is strongly preferred. You will: 

What you'll do...
Develop best practices to make smart architecture decisions to improve long term component life
Develop methods for assessing correlation between tested and predicted fatigue life
Lead development of process & methods to ensure robust design against different customer use cases
Explore non-traditional tools for assessing vehicle & subsystem performance over vehicle life
Work across teams to improve cascade process from full vehicle to subsystem and drive correlation between analysis and on-road results

You'll have... 
Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
3+ years of experience with Material Stress / Strain & Strength
3+ years of experience with Finite Element modeling of strain / fatigue
1+ years of Automotive Engineering Experience

Even better, you may have...
Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
5+ years of experience with Material Stress / Strain & Strength
5+ years of Finite Element modeling of strain / fatigue
3+ years of Automotive Engineering Experience
Experience in interpreting tested data 
Experience developing new methods
Demonstrated experience leading teams through change
Experience with Structural Strain CAE methods 
Programming Skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)
Experience using SimCenter (LMS) TestLab, nCode and Reliasoft
Experience with MSC ADAMS, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, or OPTISTRUCT
Strong problem-solving skills coupled with strong communication and teamwork skills

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

This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 . 

Visa sponsorship is available for this position. 

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

 

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