Engineer - Suspension D&R

The Suspension Design and Release (D&R) Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and release of the suspension systems, parts and components under her/his responsibility. The Suspension D&R is also responsible for design improvements that lead to quality increase, cost and weight optimizations. 

1. Design, develop, validate, and release Suspension Systems, subsystems, and components for the assigned programs. 

2. Monitor the development of Suspension Systems for Ford vehicles according to company-specific benchmarks.

3. Design parts to comply with Corporate and Local Requirements for parts validation, considering the Customers Requirements, ES (Engineering Specifications) and SDS (Systems Design specifications) as well as the Manufacturing and Assembly requirements.

4. Translate customer, regulatory, and product requirements into engineering targets.

5. Monitor suppliers and analyze customer feedback through Ford's systems.

6. Responsible for incorporation of new designs and engineering changes at the Assembly Plant and leading discussions with involved parties including suppliers. Issue resolution at launch build events.

7. Support suppliers and assembly departments with current production quality and manufacturing issues.

8. Support production part approval processes (PPAP) for mass production.

9. Comply with product cost, weight, quality, performance, and timing targets. 

10. Comply with Robustness Engineering Disciplines (Quality history, P-Diagram, FMEA, etc.)

11. Participate in Technical Design Reviews related to Suspension Systems owned.

• Engineering Degree (mechanical desirable or related disciplines). 
• Strong English Proficiency (written, read, and oral). 
• Basic 3D CAD Knowledge
• Time and Project Management. 
• Understanding of automotive systems. 
• Familiar with Product Lifecyle Development systems. 
• Microsoft Office Usage (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio).