Ford Motor Company · 23 hours ago
Design and Release Engineer - Wire Harnesses
Livonia, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$72K/yr - $162K/yr
2+ years expFord Motor Company is a global leader in automotive manufacturing, dedicated to building a better world through innovative technologies. The Design and Release Engineer will focus on wire harness and transmission component design, development, and validation, collaborating with various teams to ensure quality and timely delivery of vehicle components.
TransportationManufacturingAutomotiveAutonomous Vehicles
No H1B
Responsibilities
Develop wire harnesses to meet vehicle level cascaded requirements
Collaborate with vehicle and system engineering groups to optimize and deliver system hardware solutions
Lead delivery and documentation of all development milestones for transmission systems and components
Manage wire harness timing to ensure on time and quality delivery to all vehicle builds
Coordinate design verification testing for wire harness components and ensure all results are documented
Coordinate with suppliers to understand root cause analysis with ongoing production
Coordinate with transmission plants to understand ongoing production related questions
Develop and maintain main control system level quality documents including boundary diagrams, p-diagrams, DFMEA
Support system level competitive benchmarking and reports
Integrate lessons learned from previous programs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical) or related field
2+ years in Automotive design preferably with wire harnesses
Good academic knowledge of electrical systems
Excellent teamwork and communication skills
Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple tasks and multiple vehicle platforms
Be curious and ask questions
Present in office 4 days per week
Ability to tear down components that have come back from the field
Ability to travel to suppliers for plant visits as well as GEMBA style events
Preferred
2+ years in transmission component design preferably with wire harnesses
Benefits
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.
Company
Ford Motor Company
We don't just make history -- we make the future.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$16.23BKey Investors
US Department of EnergySoros Fund Management
2025-07-29Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-08-17Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2023-06-22Debt Financing· $9.2B
Leadership Team
James Farley
Chief Executive Officer
Efrat Barit
COO
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