Product Development Engineer-Brake Core NVH and Dynamometers

Ford Motor Company

Livonia, MI

Pay: $65,100-$166,200/yr

Shift: Full time

**Overview**

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At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move.

• Job Type: Full time
• Work Type: Hybrid

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 Development** uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life.We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

In this position...

The Brake NVH Core Engineer is a technical and operational leadership role in Underbody Systems. It requires deep expertise in brake noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), friction-pair behavior, system integration, and vehicle-level performance. It also requires practical command of brake dynamometer operations.

The role has two connected parts. On the engineering side, you own brake NVH methods, author system and component requirements, and use model-based systems engineering to link customer attributes to design decisions and verification evidence. You are the technical lead with CAE and lead the peer network of brake NVH champions. You also support program-level NVH work, including dyno noise signoff, cold-room and low-frequency vehicle testing, electric parking brake (EPB) sound quality, and vehicle-level subjective and objective evaluation.

On the operations side, you are the single point of ownership for brake dyno testing. Ford-operated dynos at Building 4 and leased dynos at LTL run in parallel, and the machines differ widely in capability. You decide which tests run where and when. You also oversee an annual operating budget in the millions of dollars and manage the working relationships among Ford engineering, facilities (VEV), the Ford skilled trades, and the test-lab operators and suppliers (LINK, MSC) who make testing possible.

This is a high-visibility role. Programs compete for scarce test capacity, and you will need to make firm, well-explained prioritization decisions. Your work directly affects program timing, launch quality, warranty performance, and customer satisfaction.

What you'll do...

**Brake NVH engineering and technical leadership**

• Develop, document, and maintain brake NVH test and analysis methods. Turn analytical and physical learnings into design guidance and reusable standards.
• Author and maintain system and component NVH requirements. Use model-based systems engineering to keep traceability from customer needs through CAE, test methods, and verification evidence.
• Serve as the key technical lead with CAE. Align modeling priorities and drive model-to-test correlation.
• Lead the peer network of brake NVH champions. Provide coaching, common methods, escalation support, and cross-program alignment.
• Define dyno and vehicle-level test strategies. Interpret acoustic, vibration, thermal, and dyno data, and support supplier signoff testing.
• Support program NVH deliverables such as dyno noise signoff, cold-room and low-frequency noise vehicle tests, EPB sound quality, and low-speed vehicle tests.
• Lead root-cause investigations of squeal, judder, roughness, moan, and groan. Confirm that corrective actions work under representative conditions. Explain differences between Ford and supplier test results.

**Test request intake and scheduling**

• Receive and reconcile every dyno test request. Confirm that none were missed.
• Lead the weekly dyno scheduling meeting. Review the operational status of the dynos and the status of fixture builds, parts, and supplier signoffs.
• Assign tests to the right dyno based on capability: heavy-duty, drag, EMB, EPB, speed, inertia, torque, pressure, and fixture size. Use simpler machines where appropriate to maximize total capacity.
• Schedule tests only when parts have arrived and signoff photos are approved. Set priorities across competing programs, and explain decisions clearly to stakeholders who may disagree.
• Serve as the escalation point for dyno problems, including breakdowns, machine malfunctions, late reports, no-show supplier signoffs, and urgent test starts. Be available outside normal hours when needed.
• Plan holiday coverage, including lab staffing and moving fixtures and parts between buildings.

**Budget and spending**

• Manage the annual dyno operating budget. Authorize normal operations spending, and forecast monthly spend and burn rate against planned fixture builds, emissions testing, and other purchases.
• Decide when and how many leased dynos to fund, based on workload and