Ford Motor Company
Mechanical Engineer - DCE
Long Beach, Los Angeles County · Mid · Internship
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$5,490 more — $144,290 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $144,290 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Mechanical Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Mechanical Engineers (17-2141) · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
- Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Ford's vehicle, electric, digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization, we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles, software and experiences across gas, hybrid and electric, designed around what customers need.
Responsibilities
- Concept Design - Work with design studio/product/marketing to create new products in our portfolio to bring new electromechanical/digital experiences to the automotive space.
- Product Development - Drive development from concept through prototyping, engineering development builds, validation, production release, and sustaining/field failure analysis.
- Bring up and validation - Bring up designs done in-house and at JDM/OEM. Test designs for reliability and validity. Implement changes to address issues found.
- System Integration - Work with other engineering teams to integrate designs into our vehicles.
- Experience in design, characterization, and validation of consumer electronics, vehicle systems, input devices and/or HMI.
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on relevant industry experience
- Relevant internship experience, school projects and passion projects that show a passion for product development
- 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!
- You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home?
- 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.
Nice to have
- You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams.
- In this position...
- A good candidate would have a strong background in consumer electronics or user-focused automotive electronics.
- Experience with working with oversea CMs and production processes are preferred.
Skills
- This includes development of early prototypes and new technologies leading into scalable mass production.
Compensation
- $139k-$233k
Benefits
- Rapid Prototyping - Create quick, simple designs to execute design vision of the studio team using off the shelf parts or quick-fabricated parts.
- Bachelor of Science degree in ME or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- 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
- Tuition assistance
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
Company info
- Description We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families.
- As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice.
Equal opportunity
- 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
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position
This listing is sourced directly from Ford Motor Company's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.