Autonomous Mobility Solutions Engineer
Ford Motor14 days ago
USA (city not specified)Mid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$87k - $166k/yr
Responsibilities
- Evaluate the feasibility of autonomous mobile robot models for factory and warehouse applications such as cross-docking, line-side delivery, pallet movement, kitting, and rack movement.
- Compare OEM specifications, navigation approaches, charging methods, and technology stacks against facility and operational constraints.
- Define technical requirements, statements of work, acceptance criteria, and supplier accountability.
- Verify hardware safety, software interoperability, fleet compliance, cybersecurity benchmarks, and evidence required for plant safety and cybersecurity approvals.
- Execute validation plans covering normal operation, degraded conditions, and failure scenarios, and document results.
- Validate maps, routes, parameters, fleet software integration, and safety functions before production launch.
- Support plant-floor commissioning, physical optimization, go-live, and troubleshooting across routing, traffic flow, fleet software, networks, and equipment.
- Coordinate supplier integration, acceptance testing, issue resolution, plant readiness, and system integration with plant execution systems, industrial networks, PLCs, and safety devices.
- Use simulation and digital twins for pre-deployment verification and monitor availability, throughput, and downtime after launch.
- Travel 5–10% to Ford plants in the United States, Canada, and Mexico as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, robotics, industrial automation, manufacturing, or a related field.
- 3–5+ years of experience in logistics automation, technological feasibility mapping, manufacturing systems, or equipment validation and launch.
- Familiarity with ANSI/RIA R15.08, ISO 3691-4, UL 3100, and VDA 5050.
- Hands-on familiarity with MQTT, TCP/IP architectures, and PLC communications.
- Working understanding of autonomous mobility systems, including navigation, localization, fleet management, and traffic orchestration.
- Experience validating or launching automated equipment in a production environment, including test planning and execution.
- Ability to read logs, isolate faults across system boundaries, and distinguish real defects from test artifacts.
- Preferred experience deploying autonomous mobility or material-handling systems in high-volume manufacturing.
- Preferred competency with ROS/ROS2, Linux, Python, and C++.
- Preferred familiarity with PFEP, MHE, kitting, line-side delivery, route design, ISO 13849, Ford GVOSS, GME-707, GPDS, virtual commissioning, PLC safety, industrial networking, and shared-floor automated traffic.
- Preferred experience using Power BI, Python, or SQL for reporting and analysis.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance, employee resource groups, community-service paid time, vacation, sick/personal time, and paid holidays.
- Hybrid position requiring onsite work four or more days per week.
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
- The role requires 5–10% travel to Ford plants in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.