Ford Motor Company · 3 weeks ago
Senior Exterior Systems Engineer, Lighting
Long Beach, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expFord Motor Company is committed to building a better world through innovative transportation solutions. The Senior Exterior Lighting Systems Engineer will design, develop, validate, and deliver exterior lighting systems for advanced electric vehicles, collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance with global market requirements and optimizing manufacturing processes.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop state of the art exterior lighting systems and product that meet studio aesthetic intent, and are compliant to global market regulatory requirements
Engineer and execute exterior lighting from concept design feasibility through to production launch
Guide cross functional integration of lighting systems with studio, vehicle engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing and software teams to achieve technically feasible designs
Analyze, test and validation lighting system prototype and production designs from mechanical, electrical and optical perspective
Participate in the development process with architecture, planning, supplier chain, and supplier to optimize form, function, performance and cost
Define requirements, and specifications of exterior Lighting systems to achieve Vehicle attribute targets towards structure, mass, and performance
Qualification
Required
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field
4+ years of experience in automotive lighting component and system engineering (OEM or Tier 1 level)
4+ years of experience utilizing CAD (3DX, Catia, NX, ICEMSURF, or Alias) collaboratively, 3DX and CATIA preferred
4+ years of experience in lighting systems design, development, release. Completed for one of more production launch cycles
3+ years of experience in lighting systems design to global regulation requirements
Preferred
Strong knowledge on homologation and photometric regulations (FMVSS 108, ECE R48, etc.) related to exterior lighting
Strong knowledge of optical system development process, experience with optical simulation with SPEOS/Lucid Shape and other equivalents
Successful execution of automotive lighting production programs, experience with full LED lighting systems preferred
Excellent understanding of lighting technologies including lightguides, light blades, auto aiming, levelling, adaptive forward lighting (AFS) systems, Adaptive driving beam (ADB), Laser, OLED, Matrix, DMD, etc
Strong understanding of the materials and manufacturing processes such as stamping, injection molding, casting, composites, etching, PVD and other surface finishes
High level of expertise and proficiency with 3DX, Catia, or similar tools including drawing and modelling practices and methodologies
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.
Company
Ford Motor Company
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