• Exterior Systems Engineer

    Ford Motor CompanyIrvine, CA 92604

    Job #2678544499

  • What you'll be able to do:

    • Develop state of the art exterior lighting systems and product that meet studio aesthetic intent, and are compliant to global market regulatory requirements

    • Engineer and execute exterior lighting from concept design feasibility through to production launch

    • Guide cross functional integration of lighting systems with studio, vehicle engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing and software teams to achieve technically feasible designs

    • Analyze, test and validation lighting system prototype and production designs from mechanical, electrical and optical perspective

    • Participate in the development process with architecture, planning, supplier chain, and supplier to optimize form, function, performance and cost

    • Define requirements, and specifications of exterior Lighting systems to achieve Vehicle attribute targets towards structure, mass, and performance

    The minimum requirements we seek:

    • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field

    • 4+ years of experience in automotive lighting component and system engineering (OEM or Tier 1 level)

    • 4+ years of experience utilizing CAD (3DX, Catia, NX, ICEMSURF, or Alias) collaboratively, 3DX and CATIA preferred

    • 4+ years of experience in lighting systems design, development, release. Completed for one of more production launch cycles

    • 3+ years of experience in lighting systems design to global regulation requirements

    Our preferred requirements:

    • Strong knowledge on homologation and photometric regulations (FMVSS 108, ECE R48, etc.) related to exterior lighting

    • Strong knowledge of optical system development process, experience with optical simulation with SPEOS/Lucid Shape and other equivalents

    • Successful execution of automotive lighting production programs, experience with full LED lighting systems preferred

    • Excellent understanding of lighting technologies including lightguides, light blades, auto aiming, levelling, adaptive forward lighting (AFS) systems, Adaptive driving beam (ADB), Laser, OLED, Matrix, DMD, etc.

    • Strong understanding of the materials and manufacturing processes such as stamping, injection molding, casting, composites, etching, PVD and other surface finishes

    • High level of expertise and proficiency with 3DX, Catia, or similar tools including drawing and modelling practices and methodologies

    Requisition ID : 25349