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This is a core engineering Technical Expert position for Metal Gaskets including cylinder head, exhaust manifold/turbo and exhaust hot end.

You'll have...

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent required.
• 10+ years experiences with minimum 6 years in metal gasket component design and release required.
• Demonstrated track records of utilizing G8D and 3X5W processes for issue resolution.
• Demonstrated leadership skill.
• Demonstrated project management skill.
• Good communication skill.

Even better, you may have...

• MS in engineering is preferred.

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.

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.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

In this position...

• Conduct Tech Club meetings on a weekly basis to review and signoff design rules and requirements assessment done by component engineers.
• Share design best practice in Tech club meetings.
• Attend Team of 4 meetings to provide technical consultation and help direct component sourcing decisions.
• Maintain foundation documents (DFMEA, P-Diagram, Boundary Diagrams, SCCAF, CQH etc…)
• Maintain generic ESOW.
• Utilize 3X5W process to drill down root cause and identify PRA.
• Lead PRA implementation.
• Authoring and maintain design rules, engineering specifications and requirements.
• Authoring and maintaining component level design validation methods.

What you'll do...

• Support engine program launch as needed (on-site if required).
• Supplier site visit on an as needed basis to support issue resolution.
• Authoring and maintaining engineering specifications.
• Lead in future technology development and author associated DFMEA.
• Provide technical lead in issue resolution utilizing 8D process.
• Support purchasing to create/maintain commodity business plan for components.
• Develop new suppliers when needed.
• Support global requests for support (China, Europe, Mexico, FSAO and India)
• Assist in TVM and resourcing actions as needed.
• Mentor and educate new engineers.