Product Development Engineer – Interior Trim

🕒 March 5

🏢🏡 Dearborn – Hybrid

💵 $63.5k - $162.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

This company has sponsored H1B visas in the past.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Ford Motor Company

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

🚗 Transport

🔧 Hardware

👥 B2C

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $3G Post IPO debt on 2025-08

Transport • Hardware • B2C

Ford Motor Company is a global automotive manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets, and services a wide range of passenger cars, SUVs, trucks, commercial vehicles, and electrified vehicles. The company operates vehicle sales through dealer networks and direct digital channels, provides financing and insurance services (Ford Credit, Ford Insure), offers connected vehicle software and services (SYNC, Ford app, BlueCruise), and supplies parts, service, and fleet solutions through Ford Pro. Ford also invests in electrification, battery manufacturing, and sustainability initiatives while maintaining substantial manufacturing and R&D operations worldwide.

📋 Description

• This role is responsible for the design and release of Cockpit and Trim applications for programs throughout all phases of the product development process including Studio, Design, Validation and Launch. • Design, develop, validate, and release automotive systems, subsystems, and components for FSS/Build-To-Print Suppliers for assigned programs. • Monitor the development of Interior Systems for Ford vehicles according to company-specific benchmarks. • Design parts in order to comply with Corporate and Local requirements for parts validation, considering the WCR (Worldwide Customers Requirements), ES (Engineering Specifications) and SDS (Systems Design specifications) as well as the Manufacturing and Assembly requirements. • Translate customer, regulatory, and product requirements into engineering targets. • Monitor suppliers and analyze customer feedback through Ford's systems. • Responsible for parts incorporation at the Assembly Plant. • Support suppliers and assembly departments with current production quality and manufacturing issues. • The D&R is also responsible of looking for design improvements to increase quality and cost / weight optimization.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar degree. • 3+ years of experience in automotive cockpit and trim applications. • 3+ years of experience in launch, root cause analysis for design/manufacturing issues, and quick implementation of corrective actions. • 1+ years experience using CAD • Experience in the use of Design Tools (CATIA/Teamcenter/Digital Buck/GD&T/RSS Studies/DFMEA). • Proficient in the use Analytical Tools (CAE/Moldflow). • Experience with Complex Systems, Injection Molding, and Secondary Tooling. • Ability to compile data in the form of a decision matrix, report summary, etc. to be presented to Program and Interior Management Team. • Strong oral and written communication skills Team oriented. • Self-driven, highly motivated, and accepting to new challenges. • Demonstrated delivery of results. • Experience designing and developing Interior Instrument Panel Systems, Consoles Systems, or related components desired.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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.