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You will have global responsibilities working for Ford Motor Company leading Gear Design, Development and Release as the go to technical expert. This group is responsible for all automatic step ratio transmissions, hybrids as well as leading the gear design future for BEV Power Unit applications.
As a technical lead you will be responsible for the gear tooth definition to achieve best in class performance for power density, durability, NVH, cost, and efficiency. You will be interacting with gear prototype operations, gear manufacturing, systems engineering, and vehicle NVH to achieve these goals.
What you’ll do…
Primarily designing parallel axis gearing as related to layshaft and planetary gear sets for automatic transmissions, E power units, and hybrid applications
Perform gear and spline hardware reviews and assessments throughout the development process
Lead problem solving investigations to resolve durability and NVH concerns
Optimize gear mesh losses while maintaining durability and NVH robustness
Design and/or review and sign-off gear designs, macro and micro geometries utilizing a combination of in house, Ohio State University and commercial programs (LDP, Romax, T3D)
Signoff responsibility for gear and spline components/assemblies at program milestones. Author, review and approve all FMA documentation (DVP, Boundary, DFMEA, Design Rules etc.)
Lead material testing to develop S/N curves for bending, pitting and tooth flank fatigue
Mentoring and training all things gearing and splines
Collaborate with industry experts
Work with manufacturing engineering on gear/spline design and process feasibility studies
Develop and implement new design process methodologies and analytical tools
Fluent in reading/interpreting gear chart and quality data
Even better, you may have...
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 of the above?
No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• 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 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.
This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid
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