Senior Exterior Systems Engineer, Lighting

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. 

The Senior Exterior Lighting Systems Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, validating, and delivering exterior lighting systems for advanced EV products. Candidate will interact with studio and various engineering teams on concept and feature developments, work on integrating state-of-the-art technologies, collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers to deliver production design. Candidate will work on concept design at the studio design and modeling phase, and continue through to prototyping, production, validation, and launch. Candidate will optimize manufacturing processes and costs while also meeting regional regulatory compliance, and own the product design throughout the development cycle and deliver for all global markets.

What you'll do…

• 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 

You'll have…

• 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 

Even better, you may have…

• 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

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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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Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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