Mustang Mach-E Vehicle Integration Engineer

Do you want to change the world? The Ford Motor Company has endured and thrived for 118 years – through every imaginable challenge – because we have the vision to imagine the future and the courage to change. Ford is redefining how it will build a better world for the future by creating a culture and opportunities where employees will capitalize on Ford’s excellence in designing and building the most iconic products while also helping develop the future of world-class connected BEVs. Ford is transforming our global automotive business to scale EVs, strengthen operations, and unlock value. We will deliver the speed of a startup, with the deep expertise of high-volume production. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. We call this new business focused on connected digital vehicles, Model e.

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world - together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford’s Model E team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. Model e is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

What will it be like to work on the Model e team?

We are passionate about solving hard problems. We create with passion delivering extraordinary solutions to change the world. We challenge…competitors, bureaucracy, obstacles and even our own assumptions. We have zero tolerance for bias or personal agendas. We are swift and decisive… trusting the experts, believing the data, seeking out and listening to bold intuition – regardless of the source. We are insurgents…never satisfied, averse to complexity, suspicious of habits and open to risk. We constantly learn. We focus on the mission and deliver with urgency and speed. We are an agile team… leveraging rapidly evolving technology to innovate, fail fast and pivot. We trust each other, surface issues openly and solve problems collaboratively. Most importantly we raise the talent bar with every hire.

In this position...

As a Program Vehicle Integration Engineer , you will be leading the translation of customer insights of EV products into program content. This requires a balanced customer mindset to drive vehicle level requirements and provide ‘emotional delights’ and insanely great experiences. The responsibilities will include resolution of disconnects with key partners in the analytical design, vehicle prototyping, and production launch process with teams including vehicle attributes, design and release, marketing, manufacturing, and program management.

You’ll have…

• 5+ years of experience in developing full-vehicle attributes at a customer level through concept, analytical engineering, and physical prototype testing
• 1+ years of Electric Vehicle (EV) product development, including broad understanding of total automotive hardware and software systems, including electric vehicle drive systems
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• 3+ years’ experience proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to address technical challenges and collaboratively develop efficient solutions

Even better, you may have…

• Enjoy applying your obsession to detail to understand and solve technical problems.
• Ability to work with a cross-functional team in problem solving regarding complex issues, excellent interpersonal skills with an effective teamwork approach
• Outstanding self-motivation and initiative
• 10+ years of experience in developing full-vehicle attributes at a customer level through concept, analytical engineering, and physical prototype testing
• Proven understanding of customer insight tools and processes
• Clear and practical understanding of EV customers, their passion / pain points, and their needs and priorities. Ideally own an EV vehicle
• Existing Ford Mustang / sports car / muscle car experience & enthusiast passion (professional or personal)
• Successful comprehensive delivery of at least one full automotive program (including target setting, concept development, studio design, prototype testing, issue resolution and final implementation in production).
• Personal affirmation as a “early tech adopter”
• Experience developing optional / specialized performance packages (on-road performance, track, off-road, etc.)
• MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• Solid understanding of the primary automotive systems in a vehicle and a wide range of vehicle attributes
• 3+ years of Electric Vehicle (EV) product development
• Personal eagerness / fortitude to navigate / thrive within go-very-fast ‘Always On’ way of working
• Experience with software development processes, over-the-air (OTA) updates and feature delivery

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, 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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What you will do:

• Lead vehicle engineering program delivery on Mustang Mach-E
• Note this position requires on-site attendance to maximize team collaboration
• Lead the validation of the final vehicle to deliver the target emotive experiences. Sustain this validation mindset from initial production through to final production including all updates and variants.
• Deliver all program milestones and engineering gateways on time with quality; Deliver Vehicle Engineering Design Validation Efficiency improvements
• Lead the on-going confirmation that system level design tradeoffs and deviations still deliver the vehicle level customer experience and “wow” moments. Leverage all available analytical and prototyping tools to confirm the vehicle level experience, to deliver three customer experience reviews. Lead highly cross-functional technical tradeoff discussions to resolve issues at the customer level.
• Lead the cascade of vehicle-level requirements into objective system level requirements that can be used for engineering and validation. Ensure that these cascaded targets are compatible across the various attributes and systems. Interface with the key functions, including the design studio, energy management, hardware systems, features, software, etc.
• Lead the translation of customer insights specific to EV products into program content and a balanced set of vehicle level requirements that provide the customer with ‘emotional delights’ and ‘insanely great experiences’. Resolve any disconnects with key partners in the analytical design and launch process with teams including marketing, customer insights, program, design & release, etc.