Job Description

The Ford Champs Program provides undergraduate students with hands-on, career-specific experience inside Ford of Mexico.

Ford Champs looks forward to providing you with key knowledge and significant experiences for your professional career. This is a great platform to connect with leadership, collaborate with professionals in many areas of the business and learn more about our Ford full time opportunities. Throughout this part-time program, there are many opportunities to gain insight and exposure to our business that will last a lifetime.

Ford Champs program will allow to get to now different business areas through 12 to 24 months, while you improve your skills and become a better professional.

The engineer must have the ability to understand and analyze real-world physical phenomena and be able to develop Finite Element Analysis (FEA) models to describe them. Daily responsibilities include using Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) methods as tools to provide fundamental understanding, advancing product designs, optimizations and making design recommendations to ensure designs are robust and manufacturable. These designs must meet all necessary internal quality and customer requirements and be executed in the most cost - effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Conduct finite element analysis and other computer aided analysis to solve technical challenges of automotive components and systems. Support initiatives and efforts to yield new products using GPDS (Global Product Development System) as a single common product creation process, to reduce time to market, engineering changes, and physical prototype builds.
• Candidate must be on site at least twice per week for activities.
• Perform detailed FEA analyses to verify the vehicle attribute targets, through a consistent CAE Plan based on analytical Design Verification Methods (DVM) and linked to SDS/ARL (System Design Specifications/Attribute Requirement Lists)
• Interact with the design teams (D&R (Design & Release), CAD (Computer Assisted Design) and VE (Vehicle Engineering)) to achieve the project scope, technical deliverables, timeline, validation plan, cost targets and documentation.
• Offer feasible engineering solutions to design problems based on FEA and physical test results.
• Use CAE methods to guide new designs collaborating with CAD, D&R, and suppliers.
• Support new programs and Cost reduction initiatives through CAE methods.
• Collaborate with physical testing engineers as well as other CAE engineers to develop and improve CAE methods needed to achieve high correlation rate between physical and virtual analysis.
• Proactive participation on validation process
• Identify training needs

Qualifications

• Engineering degree (Mechanical desirable) or related disciplines with coursework in Finite Element.
• Strong theoretical FEM background required and interest to build a career in CAE structures team.
• Strong background required in NASTRAN, LS DYNA, ABAQUS, Hypermesh, or other commercially available FEA software.
• Work experience in FEA/CAE with the Automotive Industry preferred, but not required.
• Engineering Knowledge of Mechanical and Structural concepts and Analysis: Linear and Nonlinear structural analysis, Dynamic analyses, desired
• UNIX fundaments is preferred but not required.
• Desirable background in 3D CAD modeling in CATIA or I-DEAS.
• DMAIC/DFSS/Robustness Tools working experience desirable.
• Familiar with manufacturing processes, technologies, and measures - emphasis on failure analysis.
• Preferred Familiar with coding languages such as Python or C Sharp
• Demonstrated initiative, drive, project management, and ownership skills.
• Written & oral communication flow skills.
• Microsoft Office management (Word, Excel and Power Point).
• Able to work in a Team environment and can handle pressure.
• Knowledge of vehicle components function
• English proficiency

About Us

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow's transportation.

About the Team

Ford Product Development is utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification, to smart mobility technologies, our Product Development teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.