Staff Sensory Engineer at Ford Motor Company

Long Beach, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

27 Aug, 26

Salary

283500.0

Posted On

29 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Automotive Lighting, Design Quality, Craftsmanship, Perceived Quality Standards, CMF Design, Material Science, Illumination Technology, Prototyping, Consumer Science, Benchmarking, Change Management, Texturing Processes, Interior/Exterior Automotive Components, Product Marketing, Consumer Research, Manufacturing

Industry

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. 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. In this position... This position will use your expertise to expand the scope of Craftsmanship and Sensory Experience (CSx) into new disciplines and across the entire vehicle development timeline. You will act as the voice of the customer for Color and Materials and Illumination attributes from product concept to production. The role will fuse Consumer Science, Engineering, Marketing and Attributes with established design, prototyping and production quality techniques to deliver a world beating product – and you will be at the heart of it. The mission of our team is to overdeliver on every aspect of the customer experience. You will be instrumental in achieving this goal for CSx and will be fully empowered by the Ford Advanced EV organization to achieve the best possible results. This role will exposure to the highest levels of leadership within the organization and present many opportunities for development. Within CSx our objective is to curate the sensory ‘handshake’ which bonds customer to product via emotional connection. In achieving this goal you will get involved in all aspects of the color and materials and illumination development processes, from initial scoping - benchmarking / target setting and content alignment, leading documentation and change management deliverables, driving physical mockups and prototypes. Through to production – part and assembly quality maturation, acting as the voice of the customer for final product execution, identifying and resolving product / component disconnects related to materials and illumination.

Responsibilities

Expand the scope of Craftsmanship and Sensory Experience (CSx) across the vehicle development timeline, acting as the voice of the customer for color, materials, and illumination. The role involves managing the process from initial scoping and benchmarking through to production quality maturation and final execution.