Ford is hiring freshers in India for the roles Software Engineer an off-campus recruitment drive. Candidates with undergraduate or postgraduate degrees are eligible to apply. The job profile, location, education requirements, and skills required are provided in the job description. Interested candidates can apply through the provided application link.

Job Description

Company Name:	Ford
Position:	Software Engineer
Salary:	7.5 LPA ++ (Expected)
Batch:	2023/2022/2021/2020
Experience:	Freshers
Job Location:	Chennai, India
Qualifications:	BE, BTech, MTech

JOB DESCRIPTION

The FD&V team provides subject matter expertise and assists users through live sessions, chats, text messages, email, online tutorials, chatbots, and other online tools and processes and by deploying new versions of engineering applications. 

In addition to application support, this role includes project management activities to support the portfolio such as: leading meetings, liaison with vendors, tracking team tickets & issues, maintaining application portfolio records, and monitoring of software licenses and usage metrics.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Roles and Responsibilities of Position:

• Provide second level IT support to end users for applications used in manufacturing at Ford. These are commercial off the shelf applications primarily from Autodesk (i.e. AutoCAD, Inventor, Vault)
• Manage user requests for application access and installation
• Testing and certification of new engineering software applications
• Coordinate software packaging requests for automated installation and testing for Ford Software Store
• Coordinate application deployment, license management and technical issues related to engineering facility CAD applications
• Work on special projects such as CAD drawing data migration to new systems
• Ensure that the solution and application supporting new/existing IT documentation and related records are maintained for accuracy
• Manage work activities using Agile tools such as Rally software
• Lead global user group meetings with internal customers regarding application updates, versions, and support issues
• Work with the technology suppliers to escalate Ford issues and resolution
• Work collaboratively with people across the organization in a global environment
• Provide application support for database management (Autodesk Vault)
• Customization of Autodesk application user profiles, menus, shortcuts
• Create monthly dashboards of team metrics that includes the number of tickets and new application installation requests, and users not closing applications

Understand and follow Ford processes / costs / and setup for application infrastructure & applications

About Ford:

Ford is an American multinational automaker that was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford. It is one of the world’s largest car companies and is based in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Ford designs, manufactures, markets, and services a range of cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles, and luxury vehicles under the Ford and Lincoln brands.

Ford has a global presence and operates in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It has manufacturing facilities and operations in several countries, including the United States, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, China, India, and Australia.