Customer Racing Programs Engineer - end to end support of customer racing vehicles including all aspects of vehicle development and car builds thru to customer support at track.
What you'll do…
Own Customer Racing Programs
Lead team of partners and suppliers through process.
Organize vehicle BoMs, CAD, and parts ordering to support vehicle builds, testing and racing.
Work with Flat Rock Assembly Plant on production part BOM, plant parts pick, and parts inventory
Pre-program work including investigation of potential new projects, future cycle plan and engineering studies of potential endeavors
Manage suppliers throughout build for parts delivery and vehicle assembly
Develop specifications and build competition cars
Cars for single make race series, other racing series, and track-day users
Program needs to maintain a reasonable price to the customer
Manage testing to validate content and ensure programs meet requirements
Communicate effectively with the Ford Performance team, external race team personnel, Suppliers, and Sanctioning entities
Work directly with customers to help them learn their vehicles and address any concerns
Establish appropriate support program for customer racing programs
Support racing series with At Track customer support
Deliver high quality results to tight deadlines in a fast-paced motorsports environment
You'll have..
A competitive spirt, can-do attitude, and interest in Motorsports
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering degree
Practical knowledge of building race cars for competition
1+ years of experience in motorsports. 5+ years industry experience
Capability to support working hours including late evenings, nights, weekends and traveling to meet company goals
High level of technical competence, communication skills, and organizational skills
MS Office including Project and Excel
Even better, you may have…
5+years of experience in motorsports and offroad motorsports
Previous participation in a Formula SAE program
Race car technical development experience
Race car build management experience
Experience using logged data and setting up vehicle instrumentation
Internal Ford systems knowledge a plus
CAD knowledge and capability
Matlab, Minitab, and using AI to solve complex problems
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, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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 more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD
This position is a range of salary grades6-8.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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