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Powertrain Manufacturing Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Dearborn, MI · HybridJob$81–166K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$81–166K/yr
Location
Dearborn, MIHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Ford Motor Company is hiring a Powertrain Manufacturing Engineer for a hybrid role based in Dearborn, Michigan. The engineer will work with suppliers, Product Development, Purchasing, and Operations to design and verify manufacturing systems, support equipment installation and production launches, and meet safety, quality, timing, rate, and scrap targets. The role focuses on powertrain manufacturing, tooling, automation, process improvement, and electrified powertrain rotors.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CMM StudiesPFMEAFailure Mode AvoidanceCross-Functional CollaborationSiemensTeamcenterAutodeskInventorCATIASolidworksSix SigmaStatistical AnalysisProcess ImprovementMicrosoft Power BIDatabase SoftwareRotor Transfer MoldingEquipment CalibrationNew Model LaunchesManufacturing AutomationEnterprise Data ReportingStandardized Machine AcceptanceCorporate Engineering StandardsGPDS Powertrain Deliverables

Qualifications

Bachelor's in IT, CS or Related2 Years Related Experience2 Years CMM Experience2 Years PFMEA Experience2 Years Failure Mode Avoidance Experience2 Years Cross-Functional Collaboration Experience2 Years Siemens, Teamcenter, Autodesk, Inventor, CATIA or Solidworks Experience1 Year Six Sigma Experience1 Year Statistical Analysis Experience1 Year Power BI or Database Software Experience1 Year Rotor Transfer Molding Experience1 Year New Model Launch Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

What you’ll be able to do:

Powertrain Manufacturing Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Choose supplier partners to simultaneously engineer efficient, effective systems. Interrogate supplier designs. Maintain timeline and budget compliance. Drive equipment verification plans and capability during supplier runoff phase. Ensure safe delivery, install, stand up at plant on time. Support PTRs and Rate of Climb to achieve rate, scrap, and other targets. Collaborate with Product Development for Design for Manufacturing. Collaborate with Purchasing to develop and challenge supplier partners to deliver faster and cheaper overtime. Collaborate with Operations to stand up the manufacturing system with safety, quality, at rate, on time.

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Evaluate long-term tooling performance to engineer next-generation tooling enhancements, through comprehensive CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) studies. 2. Strong working knowledge of PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) principles. 3. Fostering a collaborative culture across diverse teams (Product Development, Plant Operations, and Suppliers) to ensure seamless program execution. 4. Utilize Siemens, Teamcenter, Autodesk, Inventor, CATIA, or Solidworks to calculate volume and density for molding material optimization and molding tooling design optimization. 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Leverage Six Sigma methodologies to identify and mitigate systemic issues within the manufacturing process using statistical approaches. 2. Optimize manufacturing line efficiency by identifying process improvement opportunities through multi-source data analytics in Microsoft Power BI or other database software tools. 3. Enhance assembly quality by standardizing rotor transfer molding equipment configurations, calibration protocols, and monitoring systems. 4. Orchestrate new model launches, providing on-site plant support to ensure a seamless transition from design to full-scale production. 5. Collaborate with external partners (Machine Builders, Vision System Integrators, and Robotics vendors) to implement advanced automation and process solutions. 6. Drive manufacturing excellence for electrified powertrain rotors, leveraging enterprise data reporting systems. 7. Apply core engineering systems including Standardized Machine Acceptance (MIDAS), corporate engineering standards and awareness of GPDS powertrain deliverables.

We are offering a salary of $80,850.00 - $166,200.00/yr.

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 changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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How this job compares

Set against the 5,685 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$81–166K/yr
  • Michigan median$84–149K/yr71 salary ranges
  • US median$97–143K/yr3,253 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $124K, is 7% above the Michigan median midpoint ($116K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 231 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Michigan and 5,685 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (4,485 postings).
Education
3,181 of the 5,685 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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