Studio Engineer

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 a Studio Design Engineer, you will work with many team members to make the design vision a reality. From developing initial engineering concepts for a new design concept, guiding, and integrating multiple engineering and manufacturing inputs into the A surface, providing alternatives proposals that enable new ways of reconciling functional requirements and thematic intent, to building a suitable physical model that makes the concept and reality.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 a Studio Design Engineer, you will work with many team members to make the design vision a reality. From developing initial engineering concepts for a new design concept, guiding, and integrating multiple engineering and manufacturing inputs into the A surface, providing alternatives proposals that enable new ways of reconciling functional requirements and thematic intent, to building a suitable physical model that makes the concept and reality.

GSR - Studio Engineer

What you'll do...

• Lead Studio property set up, and integrity including content, data pedigree, ride height, manikin drop and overall suitability
• Lead completion of studies within Design Feasibility FC Process from FC0 to K6, including completion of the Design Development Checklists, Hardpoints Plan, and the integration of aligned plans into surface
• Lead the integration of A-surface with thematic, VA, functional, and attribute inputs whilst maintaining the emotive character and art in the surface
• Guide initial theme set-up, and development through or in advance of functional, supplier, or attribute inputs
• Develop and maintain Surface Scaffold files to enable Physical and Digital model development and theme overlay
• Provide concept alternatives and provocations to support the reconciliation of thematic intent with functional and program assumptions
• Lead the optimization and balancing of inputs to the studio, including consideration of 'what-might-be' to support the theme vision
• Manage data within, into, and out of the studio

What you'll do...

• Lead Studio property set up, and integrity including content, data pedigree, ride height, manikin drop and overall suitability
• Lead completion of studies within Design Feasibility FC Process from FC0 to K6, including completion of the Design Development Checklists, Hardpoints Plan, and the integration of aligned plans into surface
• Lead the integration of A-surface with thematic, VA, functional, and attribute inputs whilst maintaining the emotive character and art in the surface
• Guide initial theme set-up, and development through or in advance of functional, supplier, or attribute inputs
• Develop and maintain Surface Scaffold files to enable Physical and Digital model development and theme overlay
• Provide concept alternatives and provocations to support the reconciliation of thematic intent with functional and program assumptions
• Lead the optimization and balancing of inputs to the studio, including consideration of 'what-might-be' to support the theme vision
• Manage data within, into, and out of the studio