Vehicle Integration Engineering Team Member

Job Description:

Target Creation / Management/ Architecture Selection

• Leads PES in the Target Creation studies, including drive events, target development, identify product gaps and closure actions for attributes (NVH-VeD-HMI-Performance etc.)
• Leads Vehicle Engineering budget collection/optimization and supports upper management meetings.
• Test Planning, Build and Launch Support
• Supports the test planning team with respect to test vehicle count optimization, test plan development, manage vehicle sharing, cross attribute use and retests, identifying testing shortfalls.
• Voice of the attributes during launch
• Works with launch teams to implement Quality Control Plans for Vehicle Engineering teams.
• Voice of the Customer
• Drives the vehicle attributes and system owners for the right attribute balance based on Voice of the Customer.
• Leads and champions the User Experience Customer Acceptance Team (CAT) process. Provides strong support to Basic Design in target definition.
• Program Milestone Deliverables
• Ensures program health at major milestone for Vehicle Attributes deliverables and attribute balance.
• Development and evaluation of Water Management, Dust & Mud, Environmental Hot-Cold usage.
• Leads program reviews, cross functional issue resolution, Vehicle Attributes team meetings.
• Ensures that the voice of the attributes is heard at all programs meetings, including upper management gateway review.
• Drive Evaluations
• Organize and lead the management and team drive evaluations, drive-Briefing, results, drive books, follow best practices, issue tracking and resolution.
• Provide subjective evaluation expertise across attributes (NVH-VeD-HMI-Performance etc.) for the program vehicle variants

Qualifications

• Experience Required:
• B.Sc/M.Sc degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Automotive, Industrial Engineering.
• Must be experienced driver, min Class B driver's license and interest in driving & evaluating Ford Trucks vehicle attributes(NVH-VeD-HMI-Performance etc ).
• Advanced command in English Project management skills, well organized, and able to manage multiple tasks
• Knowledge of CATIA, SolidWorks, or relevant CAD software.
• Experience and ability to lead group through complex issues.
• Communication and presentation skills and ability to operate in a diverse environment.
• Fluency in English

When You Start Your Career In "Ford Otosan";

• We have hybrid working model and you can enjoy being part of an agile team.

• You'll become a member of Koç Pension Foundation

• You'll choose the side benefits with Flextra

The only criterion evaluated in the recruitment and employment is suitability for the job; equal opportunity is provided without any discrimination.

What About Us?

Ford Otosan, being one of the top three exporting companies in Turkey since 2004, has achieved 12 consecutive years of automotive industry championship and is Turkiye goods product export champion for 8 years in a row. Ford Otosan operates in 4 main centers with its Gölcük and Yeniköy Plants in Kocaeli, Eskişehir Plant in Eskişehir, Sancaktepe R&D Center and Spare Parts Warehouse in İstanbul and Craiova Plant in Romania employs more than 20,000 people. Kocaeli and Eskişehir Plants are listed among Ford's 'Best Vehicle Production Centers' and Eskişehir is the only factory in Turkiye that can produce vehicles, engines, and powertrains in the same center.

Ford Otosan, standing out with its sensitivity regarding social responsibilities, also carries out several social responsibility projects in many fields including education, healthcare, culture, arts, and sports on “Future. Now” vision. Ford Otosan, also carrying out awareness studies on gender equality since 2013 with the understanding of "Equality at Work", became the only automotive and the first and only industrial company from Turkiye to be included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index in 2021.

The building blocks of our new corporate culture, which we call “Dynamic Balance”, our values are mutual trust and respect, value each other and affection, openness to change and innovation, open and transparent communication.

A common culture brings us to a common sense and purpose, helps us to work in a positive atmosphere of trust, ties us closer and helps us to reach a stronger future all together.