{bc}
Apply
oracle

Exterior Structural Casting Technical Specialist

USA01 - USA Automotive
Dearborn, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
Hybrid
Discovered Today
Communication

Full Job Posting

Qualifications

  • You'll have... Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or metallurgical engineering discipline or a related field
  • 10 years’ experience in automotive engineering and/or manufacturing (or like industry), including direct team leadership responsibility for the delivery of structural castings.
  • 5+ years engineering experience with high pressure die casting design and manufacturing processes including the secondary operations associated with castings, including, but not limited to trimming, straightening, and quality checks.
  • 5+ years engineering experience with alloys, especially those used for structural castings and advanced light weighting materials and associate joining technologies.
  • 5+ years engineering experience leveraging CAE to guide efficient and robust design and system execution.
  • 5+ years engineering experience in the creation and application of DFMEAs, PFMEAs, Control Plans, Standards, Requirements & Specifications.
  • Even better, if you have ... Preferred
  • Master’s degree in engineering discipline
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
  • 8D and 5Why corrective action and problem-solving skills
  • DMAIC Project Methodology experience
  • Familiar with application of MAGMA Software
  • Microsoft Office experience
  • 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 • 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 • Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
  • This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.
  • Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
  • Visa sponsorship is not 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.
  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
  • This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.
  • #LI-Hybrid
  • #VehicleHardwareEngineering
  • #LI-JT1
  • You'll have...
  • Even better, if you have ...
  • 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!
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • 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
  • Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
  • Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
  • For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Responsibilities

  • What you'll do...
  • Lead casting design, development and implementation for Structural Systems Engineering (BIW, Frames / Subframes, Battery Structures)
  • Lead and develop a team of casting engineers to expand usage of high/low pressure die casting, thixo-casting/thixo-molding, and rheocasting technology across Ford & Lincoln vehicle lines
  • Manage engineering team responsible for the forming simulation of casted designs to assess design impact of flow, fill, pressure and temperature distribution, and solidification. Utilize the data from the simulations to guide design changes and to aid in tooling and process development.
  • Lead the development and management of all Engineering Specifications, Design Rules, Engineering Requirements, Virtual Test Methods, 1st Pick List and Modular Designs needed to support the design of high pressure die castings for vehicle structures Identify, develop, and implement new technologies to improve the efficiency of structural castings for vehicle structures
  • Work with a cross functional team including personnel from product development, manufacturing, packaging, attributes and suppliers to develop designs for large structural castings for BIW, frame/subframe and battery structure applications on future vehicles.
  • Guide the develop casting solutions that are efficient to manufacture that incorporate the features and functions of multiple stamped parts and reduces the complexity of our assembly operations.
  • Support the development of actions to address issues related to achieving Noise, Vibration, and Harshness, Durability, and Safety performance objectives. Work closely with the analysis teams for each of the attributes to develop efficient solutions to any problems identified.
  • Support the creation of design solutions and aid in the development of the manufacturing process to ensure part quality and performance are meet.
  • Work with external suppliers and the Ford manufacturing team to meet the dimensional requirements of the casting component and final assembly.
  • Sign off on designs prior to milestone completion to support component and vehicle analysis, and prior to production tool kick off.
  • Sign off on final parts and assemblies’ prior builds, certification testing, and production start-up.
  • Support trouble shooting of prototype and production process with the supplier to address any part quality issues
  • Lead the development and management of all Engineering Specifications, Design Rules, Engineering Requirements, Virtual Test Methods, 1st Pick List and Modular Designs needed to support the design of high pressure die castings for vehicle structures
  • Identify, develop, and implement new technologies to improve the efficiency of structural castings for vehicle structures

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preferred

Apply for this job in 1 click

Skip the repetitive application forms

Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.

Sarah M.James T.Maya R.

Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career

Start Free Today

More from this employer

More jobs at USA01 - USA Automotive

SAP MM Functional Consulting and Tester

Chennai, IND

Discovered TodayFull-time

Manager, HR Business Partner

Dearborn, USA

Discovered Today

Ford Racing Chassis Engineer - Brake Hardware

Allen Park, USA

Discovered TodayFull-time

Data Scientist

Chennai, IND

Discovered TodayFull-time

Product Development Engineer - Exterior Structural Castings

Dearborn, USA

Discovered TodayFull-time

ADAS Help Me Drive Verification & Validation Engineer

Dearborn, USA

Discovered 2 days ago

Advanced Sourcing Buyer

Dearborn, USA

Discovered 2 days agoFull-time