Performance Vehicle Dynamics CAE Engineer - Full-time

Position Overview

At Ford Motor Company, we believe that freedom of movement drives human progress – and we give you the freedom to define and realize your dreams. Join the Ford Product Development team to help shape tomorrow’s transportation. Using Design Thinking and User Experience methods, you’ll help deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. This role is for a Performance Vehicle Dynamics CAE Engineer in Allen Park, Michigan (hybrid work – from home and our Allen Park office). Compensation: We are offering a salary of $125,362.00 - $197,750.40/yr.

Key Responsibilities

• Support program architecture decisions by developing CAE tools and software, including new tool and method development.
• Create and maintain full vehicle ADAMS and Car Sim models for current and future performance vehicles.
• Collaborate with the Advanced Systems Engineering Group to define new product suspension and chassis designs.
• Establish suspension and vehicle handling performance based on target attributes, benchmark vehicles, test data, and Health Chart metrics.
• Support vehicle testing and attribute measurement to validate CAE models and vehicle parameters.
• Develop and integrate vehicle controls models into dynamic simulations using MATLAB and Simulink tools.
• Utilize CAE tools and test results to support high-performance vehicle development and full vehicle/suspension system modeling.
• Develop new tools to improve performance, steering, and handling predictions.
• Inform planned vehicle testing to create specific attribute targets and ensure hardware choices support these targets.
• Support full vehicle simulation modeling.
• Domestic travel required up to 8%.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in this or a related occupation.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with:
  • Utilizing ADAMS for vehicle system modeling
  • Utilizing MATLAB or Simulink for vehicle analysis tool development
  • Defining system and vehicle level metric targets
  • Correlating vehicle models with test data using CarSim/Carmaker and ADAMS
  • Cascading system level requirements to component teams through various testing procedures
• Minimum 2 years of experience with:
  • Vehicle mechanical processes (e.g. part replacements, damper servicing, dyno testing) and fabrication processes (e.g. cutting, grinding, bending, welding, milling)
  • Real vehicle evaluation and assessment against defined targets
  • Motorsports or high-performance vehicle development
• Minimum 1 year of experience utilizing CarSim or CarMaker for full vehicle system modeling.

Benefits & Perks

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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

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