At Ford Motor Company, you will help transform the future for customers, communities, and families by contributing to breakthrough products and services. The Product Development team uses design thinking and user experience methods to deliver innovative and sustainable ideas.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and de-prepare test vehicles by installing and removing wind tunnel equipment and vehicle parts.
- Design and fabricate attachment fixtures for vehicle testing.
- Configure the test section and test systems.
- Install and remove test vehicles into and from the wind tunnel.
- Execute dynamic vehicle test plans.
- Operate complex HMI software.
- Program, prove out, and troubleshoot automated test procedures.
- Safely operate all test systems, including the wind tunnel, main fan, rolling road system, and data acquisition system.
- Perform data analysis and transfer.
- Monitor real-time test and facility data for anomalies.
- Interface with and support customers in the prep bays and wind tunnel.
- Troubleshoot complex test systems.
- Control PCs, PLCs, test instrumentation, and DAS software.
- Author, edit, and refine DAS configuration files for testing.
- Receive and release test vehicles.
- Maintain accurate status of vehicles and facility in the laboratory management system.
- Install and remove camouflage from test vehicles.
- Wash vehicles as necessary.
- Support facility maintenance and cleaning activities.
- Move test vehicles around the facility as required.
- Provide support to other technicians.
- Set daily priorities and goals with the team.
- Communicate daily with the on-coming shift.
- Clean and organize all facility areas.
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
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time
Salary
- This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.
