Autonomous Mobility Solutions Engineer
Core
Develop and validate autonomous mobile robot (AMR) solutions for Ford's manufacturing plants, evaluating OEM models against requirements and supporting deployments.
Role type
Autonomous Mobility Solutions Engineer
Builds
End-to-end autonomous mobility applications for movement, assist, and manipulation in industrial settings
Domain
Manufacturing / Industrial Automation / Robotics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
AMR evaluation, hardware safety compliance, software interoperability auditing, cybersecurity benchmarking, validation planning, plant-floor commissioning, troubleshooting
Preferred skills
Kinematics analysis, navigation style assessment, trade-off matrixing, supplier management
Technologies
SLAM, QR-code navigation, VDA 5050, MassRobotics Interoperability Standards, NIST frameworks, ETSI EN 303 645, ANSI/RIA R15.08, ISO 3691-4, UL 3100
Responsibilities
Evaluate technical feasibility of prospective AMR models against factory applications; Conduct structural match assessments matching OEM specs with facility constraints; Author engineering trade-off matrices comparing technology stacks; Enforce hardware safety rules and verify software interoperability; Execute validation plans covering normal operations and failure scenarios; Support plant-floor commissioning and physical optimization to production launch; Troubleshoot technical faults across routing, traffic flow, and fleet software.
