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Powertrain Manufacturing Engineer

Ford · Dearborn, MI

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Level
Engineer
Team
Manufacturing
Base pay
$81k–$166k
Degree
Required
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Automotive
Posted
3 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level manufacturing role at Ford (automotive) in Dearborn, MI. Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite.

They ask for
2+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Six Sigma, FMEA, Robotics, Automation, Tooling, SolidWorks
Base pay
$81k–$166k
Day to day
some off-shift / weekend coverage

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How this role compares

Against 62 other live manufacturing postings in Michigan.

Base pay
In line with similar roles

Typical $74k–$162k, from 22 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ New product launch 63%
  • ✓ Tooling 59%
  • Lean 43%
  • ✓ FMEA 37%
  • Root cause 37%
  • Team leadership 30%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Power BI / Tableau, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverage

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    • Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
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This plant: Ford in Dearborn

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Full description from FordAs posted on their careers site.Show

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

What you’ll be able to do

Powertrain Manufacturing Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Choose supplier partners to simultaneously engineer efficient, effective systems. Interrogate supplier designs. Maintain timeline and budget compliance. Drive equipment verification plans and capability during supplier runoff phase. Ensure safe delivery, install, stand up at plant on time. Support PTRs and Rate of Climb to achieve rate, scrap, and other targets. Collaborate with Product Development for Design for Manufacturing. Collaborate with Purchasing to develop and challenge supplier partners to deliver faster and cheaper overtime. Collaborate with Operations to stand up the manufacturing system with safety, quality, at rate, on time.

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Evaluate long-term tooling performance to engineer next-generation tooling enhancements, through comprehensive CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) studies. 2. Strong working knowledge of PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) principles. 3. Fostering a collaborative culture across diverse teams (Product Development, Plant Operations, and Suppliers) to ensure seamless program execution. 4. Utilize Siemens, Teamcenter, Autodesk, Inventor, CATIA, or Solidworks to calculate volume and density for molding material optimization and molding tooling design optimization. 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Leverage Six Sigma methodologies to identify and mitigate systemic issues within the manufacturing process using statistical approaches. 2. Optimize manufacturing line efficiency by identifying process improvement opportunities through multi-source data analytics in Microsoft Power BI or other database software tools. 3. Enhance assembly quality by standardizing rotor transfer molding equipment configurations, calibration protocols, and monitoring systems. 4. Orchestrate new model launches, providing on-site plant support to ensure a seamless transition from design to full-scale production. 5. Collaborate with external partners (Machine Builders, Vision System Integrators, and Robotics vendors) to implement advanced automation and process solutions. 6. Drive manufacturing excellence for electrified powertrain rotors, leveraging enterprise data reporting systems. 7. Apply core engineering systems including Standardized Machine Acceptance (MIDAS), corporate engineering standards and awareness of GPDS powertrain deliverables.

We are offering a salary of $80,850.00 - $166,200.00/yr.

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

  • •Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • •Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.
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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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