Product Development Engineer - Rear Axle D&R

Ford Motor Company • Livonia, MI

17h

About The Position

In this position:

Join our team as a Design and Release Engineer for the Ford Expedition and
Lincoln Navigator Independent Rear Suspension (IRS) Rear Axle. You will hold
critical engineering responsibility for a leading drivetrain system within the
industry, directly contributing to the superior performance and segment-defining
capabilities of the Expedition and Navigator. We're actively developing exciting
new designs, and your talent is essential to bringing these innovations to
market.

The Opportunity: As a Design & Release Engineer within the Underbody Systems
Engineering (UnSE) organization, you will be the primary owner of the
Independent Rear Suspension (IRS) Rear Axle for the iconic Ford Expedition and
Lincoln Navigator vehicle lines. This critical platform is exclusively built in
our North American assembly plants, notably the Kentucky Truck Plant, with the
axle assemblies manufactured at the Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights,
Michigan.

You will be instrumental in bridging engineering design with manufacturing
reality, directly collaborating with skilled engineering teams and operators at
both assembly and component plants. This role involves optimizing existing
designs for streamlined assembly and maximizing the performance our customers
expect, while also spearheading new design implementations. You will also
leverage our onsite dynamometer cells, actively supporting comprehensive
testing, teardown, and in-depth analysis of axles to ensure program Design
Verification Plans (DVPs) are met and technical issues are swiftly resolved.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed