Entry level Road Loads Development Engineer

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In this position... 
Be part of a Ford team responsible for methods development and process evolution. You will be tasked with navigating historical data from various sources (warranty, durability test, road loads, customer) and leverage it in for development of new methods for predictive analysis. In this position, your primary focus will be full vehicle durability development, so automotive experience with durability processes is preferred.

What you'll do...
In this position... 
Be part of a Ford team responsible for methods development and process evolution. You will be tasked with navigating historical data from various sources (warranty, durability test, road loads, customer) and leverage it in for development of new methods for predictive analysis. In this position, your primary focus will be full vehicle durability development, so automotive experience with durability processes is preferred.

Leverage historic data to develop elastomer representation best practices.
Look for trends in data to find root causes to frequent DV failures.
Take responsibility for managing tested data and develop strategies for parsing data for deep learning development. Make recommendations for analytical methods based upon comparison of historical testing data to analytical predictions


You'll have... 
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or mathematics or related field
0-6+ months of experience in vehicle testing and or durability or equivalent coursework or internship experience


Even better, you may have...
Master’s degree in engineering or mathematics or related field
1+ years of experience in vehicle tesing and or durability
Coursework in finite element analysis
Experience in interpreting strain energy tested data 
Experience with Structural Strain CAE methods
Programming Skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)
Experience using SimCenter (LMS) TestLab, nCode, or Reliasoft+
Desire to work in fast-paced and highly technical environment
Highly motivated and proactive, with exceptional attention to detail
Strong problem-solving skills coupled with strong communication and teamwork skills



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. 

 

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

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This position is a salary grade 6. 

This position is a range of salary grades 6 . 

Visa sponsorship is available for this position. 

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