Durability and Loads Engineer

What You’ll Do

Be part of a Ford team responsible for delivering vehicles that are “Built Ford Tough.” You will champion a team that works cross‑functionally with all teams to deliver vehicles that are robust to our customers’ use. You will track and report the overall program durability health/readiness from concept to launch and beyond. Using the health data, you will be responsible for ensuring milestone reporting requirements are met, organize cross‑functional teams to drive issue resolution, and hold teams accountable to deliver against the requirements.

In addition, you will complete tasks that support the durability attribute related to design loads cascading and loads analysis.

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

5+ years Road Loads, Durability CAE, Durability Attribute, or Vehicle Attribute experience

• Strong experience in advanced road load simulations and design load development (ADAMS, Matlab)
• Experience with material strength and fatigue
• Experience in interpreting road load measurements and lab test results
• Familiarity with architectural tools (C123, CSE, etc)
• Programming Skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)
• Experience using Sim Center (LMS) Test Lab, nCode and Reliasoft
• Familiarity with NASTRAN, ABAQUS, or OPTISTRUCT
• Possess a growth mindset and desire to work in fast‑paced and highly technical environment
• Highly motivated and proactive, with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong problem‑solving skills coupled with strong communication and teamwork skills

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 change maker, 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.

• 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

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720‑$162,120. For more information on salary and benefits, :

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-GR1

Act as a single point of contact for managing the durability attribute for a vehicle program.

• Contribute to road load simulations to provide design loads for different vehicle systems such as chassis parts, body structures, powertrain mounts, and many other systems.
• Represent durability in architecture reviews and support the development of the architecture with an eye on durability performance and…