Mechatronics Systems Engineer

Location: Dearborn, MI, United States; Hybrid

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. Youll 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.

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

In this position... 

We are seeking a highly capable and rigorous Core Architect to serve as the senior technical lead and primary authority for mechatronic feature definition, from initial concept definition through logical requirements handoff, and as the accountable Core SE representative through cross-validation, system/subsystem sign-off, and physical prototype direction. 

In this role, you will own the front end of the feature lifecycle — driving stakeholder and use-case elicitation, system architecture and behavior definition, functional safety/DFMEA analysis, and formal requirements development — while engaging with a Modeling Engineer and Testing Engineer to execute the modeling, simulation, and verification/validation work needed to bring the feature to a fully signed-off, physically realized system.

The Systems Engineering team provides end-to-end, industrialized solutions encompassing the entire lifecycle of complex mechatronic vehicle systems. From initial feature intake and concept definition through architecture design, requirements derivation, sign-off, and physical realization, we ensure seamless coordination across multidisciplinary teams to deliver highly optimized, innovative, and safe vehicles.