Ford Racing Vehicle Integration Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Allen Park, Michigan, United States. Hybrid role with a requirement to work onsite four or more days per week. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $74,300–$124,500 for salary grade 6; $86,600–$144,900 for salary grade 7; $99,100–$166,200 for salary grade 8.

Company

hirify.global Motor Company develops automotive products and performance vehicles, including hirify.global Racing programs.

What you will do

• Lead Design Confirmation Vehicle development and launch activities for hirify.global Racing programs.
• Translate customer insights into vehicle-level requirements and cascade them into system-level targets.
• Manage technical tradeoffs across cross-functional engineering teams while preserving key customer experience features.
• Oversee test vehicle lifecycles, hardware and software maturity tracking, and Fit for Test certification.
• Direct track and off-road durability testing, including resource planning, logistics, safety, and cost control.
• Lead final validation of vehicle experiences and prepare media vehicles for external representation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering discipline.
• 2–5+ years of experience in vehicle engineering, product development, or a related automotive engineering role.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with vehicle testing and validation, including assessing hardware and software Fit for Test status.
• Experience managing engineering milestones, gateways, and program documentation in a formal product development system such as GPDS.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for explaining technical tradeoffs to executive and multi-departmental audiences.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of vehicle-level automotive product development experience across multiple attributes.
• Experience delivering complete automotive product development cycles from concept through launch.
• Experience with modern software development processes, over-the-air updates, and feature delivery alongside mechanical systems.
• Understanding of performance vehicle customers, including their needs, priorities, and pain points.
• Early technology adopter mindset with strong self-motivation and initiative.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, and mental health coverage.
• Paid parental leave, family care days, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Vehicle discount program, management leases, tuition assistance, and retirement contributions.
• Paid holidays, vacation time, optional additional vacation purchase, and community service time off.
• Employee resource groups and wellness, financial planning, legal, identity protection, and pet insurance benefits.