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This is a Technical Expert (LL6) position leading technical design and development of Suspension Advanced Dampers, Damper Reliability, Air Suspension, and Ride Height Sensors in our Ford Vehicles.

You'll have...

BS-Engineering required. 5+ years of experience in damper commodity. Extensive component engineering design & release experience in suspension tunables including specific experience on launch. Extensive experience creating and managing DFMEA/PFMEA/SCCAF/Control Plans/ drawings. Experience with CAE tools and methods. Extensive knowledge & experience with associated supplier manufacturing and quality processes. Required leadership skills - quality focused as #1 priority, innovative, excellent communicator, strong organizational skills , highly motivated self-starter.

Even better, you may have...

MS-Engineering preferred.
 

Other Information

Position requires travel to assembly plants and other global chassis engineering centers to support new process development, issue resolution, and Design and Release engineer training. Travel may be significant at times as needed On-site support for collaboration required targeting 3 days per week minimum.

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 leadership level 6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6NonHTHD

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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...

Key focus on delivering best-in-class warranty performance in dampers, air suspension and ride height sensors. Own the damper, air suspension and ride height warranty spend including driving best practices across supply base. Go-To for Problem Solving – Launch, Recall,  Quality / Field Issues, DV/PV Issues.

What you'll do...

Be the pre-eminent expert on how damper, air suspension, ride height sensors and components are failing in the field. Drive key stress factors into specifications and test methods to eliminate HTIS failures. Author and maintain semi active damper, air suspension and ride height sensor design engineering specifications. Lead technical design reviews with application supervisor for System/Subsystem/Component. Coach, Mentor, & Train Suspension D&R engineers across all the global regions Integral to Signoff of System/Subsystem/Component with specific signoff responsibility BEFORE Chief Signoff via the Technical Design Review Process – creating and maintaining TDR job aids. Create/maintain Generic FMA documentation, SDS/Requirements and Test Procedures. Partner with R&A to identify and develop new technology in dampers and mechanical ride height levelling. Develop damper, air suspension and ride height sensor supplier strategy with purchasing matched pair. Conduct global supplier onsite reviews at component plants and recommend best practices for manufacturing process and quality control. Provide technical support to the Architecture, Core, and Applications teams for the development of dampers, air suspension, and ride height sensors. Develop and own interfaces with interfacing component/systems on boundary diagram including joint specs and device transmittals. Partner with Simulation Team to improve tunable models for use on full vehicle simulator. Conduct benchmarking to optimize component design for future programs. Provide Technical leadership to broader Underbody Systems engineering teams. Leverage CAE modelling capability to optimize quality, maximize efficiency and minimize cost.