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This is a Pre‑PSC Engineer role focused on complete seat‑system integration. The Pre‑PSC team partners with the Vehicle Architecture and Program group to define the right content for future products, establishing assumptions for seat‑system selection that support competitive positioning and deliver a compelling user experience at a cost that ensures commercial viability.
Work in the pre-sourcing (Pre‑PSC) phase to drive seat-system strategy and selection during the architecture-definition stage, ensuring future vehicle programs are specified with the right seat content at the right cost, quality, and value customers will appreciate.
You will define customer-focused, competitive features and content, setting up program targets that application team can deliver.
You'll have...
Minimum Requirements:
Requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or related field Excellent communication skills, both oral and written 5+ years - Experience with global supplier base and cost engineering/VAVE. 5+ years - Familiarity with ergonomics, safety regulations, occupant sensing, thermal, and comfort metrics. Prior team leadership or matrix leadership of application/feature teams. Tools: PLM, requirements management, DFMEA/DVP&R, CAD packaging.
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 childcare 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.
This position is a salary grade 7 - 8.
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What you'll do…
Create Pre-Program System selection and program set-up (including Bill of Material, PDP, Boundary diagram, DVP, Hard Points Matrix, Trim Schematics, Vision System, SCCAF) Lead trade-off decisions on cost, mass, comfort, safety, quality, manufacturability, and serviceability. Support cost workshop to capture risk and opportunity list creation Translate customer insights, brand positioning, and competitive benchmarks into seat feature/content roadmaps and target costs. Manages OCE / DCE development to build weight / cost models; Identify LLF, ED&T, models are built to the scope of the program Manages Cost and Weight status to target waterfall with To4 to support program health assessment Utilize high level program take rates to calculate seat feature and component level take rates for Pre PSC Team Manage PDL updates and coding with program team and PDL Author as seat point of contact Support Modularity workstreams and implement into program content Determine Job last complexity, and recommend reduction actions Lead the Sourcing strategy discussion in To4 including Responsible to understand and maintain part take rates and volumes Sourcing Quotation package preparation (ESOW, MSOW, DVP+, CAD, Assumptions,) Quote verification Supplier selection Manage PSAs with Program ESA Manage program SCCAF and get STA Alignment Component Design to ensure components meet all necessary requirements (PDG / SDG / DR) Ensure required CAE / design simulations are identified and completed Leads TDRM (Technical Design Reviews) for design studies for new program requests Responsible for all parts and attribute information entered in FEDEBOM Feature Coding based on PDL Quantity Cost/weight/tooling Milestone Sign Off Support Program Meetings: Program status, Timing, PMT, Studio, etc. Manage Seat Complete Open Issues List Create and manage ESR for Handoff to Application Team