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At 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.

Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering team explores new vehicle and societal innovations that require some level of invention before they can be applied to our products and services. The team is building on a history of Ford innovation.

The Materials, Process, Structures & Safety team within Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering organization is seeking an employee to work in the Advanced Polymer Technology Department. The department’s focus is on fundamentally understanding the current and future plastics and polymer needs for Ford Motor Company at all levels. The group comprises a multidisciplinary team of researchers in mechanical engineering, material science, physics, and polymer chemistry from PhD level experts to laboratory technicians. This role is focused on development and implementation of polymer technologies to deliver features and performance for vehicles while delivering cost and quality improvements for manufacturing facilities.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform research and develop innovative polymer technologies and applications that enable scalable solutions for cost and weight optimization for IEC, Hybrid, and Battery Electric vehicles

• Initiate and lead projects to advance technologies from concept to application to implementation readiness

• Lead a portfolio of projects to pursue and advance Ford’s corporate sustainability and recycling targets

• Coordinate with technology providers, tier suppliers, and Ford product development, engineering, and manufacturing

• Design and execute experimental studies to develop and validate technical, scalable, and economically feasible solutions for new polymer technologies

• Establish processing and design guidelines for new technologies to ensure quality and high volume manufacturing capability

• Document findings via oral presentations and written reports

The minimum requirements we seek:

• Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, polymer chemistry, or related field

• 5+ years experience in material development with hands-on skills in formulation of some or all of the following: polyurethane foams, thermoplastic blends, filled/reinforced composites

• 5+ years of laboratory or factory experience with polymer processing, including some or all of the following: polyurethane foam molding, injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, extrusion/pultrusion, laminating, welding

• 5+ years in material characterization, which may include standard thermal and mechanical testing, melt rheology, and microscopy

• 6+ months experience with polymer CAE (internships, co-ops and coursework included)

The preferred requirements we seek:

• Masters and/or Ph.D in chemical engineering, material science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, polymer chemistry, or related field

• 8+ years of hands-on material development and polymer processing experience

• Automotive industry experience, including cross-functional work experience in plastics and polymer processing

• Experience in polymer multiscale modeling and ICME

• Experience in EV battery technology

• Experience in utilizing circular economy principles and life cycle assessment tools

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, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grades 6 - 8.

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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Requisition ID : 26847