The Electrical Distribution Systems Design and Release (D&R) Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and release of the wiring harnesses under their responsibility.
The EDS D&R is also responsible for design improvements that lead to quality increase, cost and weight optimizations.
**Skills required for the position:
- Engineering Degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics desired).
- Strong English Proficiency (written, read, and oral).
- Basic 3D CAD Knowledge (TeamCenter, Vismockup))
- Microsoft Office Usage (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio).
- Time and Project Management.
- Ford GPDS.
- Understanding of feature partitioning.
- Understanding of automotive systems.
DISCLAIMER:
Ford Motor Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, as we are committed with a diverse workforce, and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran and basis of disability.
**Specific tasks/responsibilities**
- Design wiring harnesses complying with program cost, weight, quality, performance, and timing targets.
- Complies with Robustness Engineering Disciplines (Quality history, P-Diagram, FMEA, etc.)
ensuring compliance to requirements and specifications.
- Leads Technical Design Reviews (TDRs)
- Release parts in FEDEBOM and WERS through the product life cycle.
Support the Change Control Meeting.
- Audit and update BOM (Bill of Material) with correct part levels and usage, for prototype builds and maintain it post Job 1.
- Identify validation, durability and functional test required as per requirements and specifications.
(DVP / FEDE DVP dashboard)
- Issue resolution in Digital and Build Phases of Product Development.
- Analyze and breakdown Program Direction Letter and Trim Spiders to account for EDS.
- Generate proposals to minimize giveaway cost and reduce total part count.
- Generate design optimization proposals utilizing benchmarking.
- Develop and maintain the build level complexity charts.
- Perform Harness Complexity Analysis.
- Perform engineering cost estimates.
- Define and verify engineering prototypes requirements at part level.
- Parts implementation/Sign-off in manufacturing and assembly plants assisting quality issue resolution in all milestones.
- Support prototype and production build events for forward model programs.
- Support quality and manufacturing quality forums s required.
- Complies with GPDS deliverables (applicable to EDS) for each milestone.
- Submit invention disclosures, process improvements and best practices.
- Comply with training as outlined in calendar year objectives.