Hardware Integration Supervisor

In this position...

Lead the VHE (Vehicle Hardware Engineering) integration team for forward model program. The integration team acts as the single point of contact for Program to Functional Engineering, ensuring and coordinating functional support and assisting functional teams in any way possible to remove roadblocks and get the job done.  Integration is the process owner for the function.   

Strategic Systems Integration & Program Leadership: Provide strategic direction and oversight for systems integration within the functional departments, serving as the primary point of contact for program teams seeking functional engineering expertise and assistance, ensuring seamless collaboration, problem resolution, and the delivery of innovative solutions.

Priority Alignment & Team Coordination: Facilitate the alignment of priorities within the functional department and between program teams, coordinating actions with functional teams, providing clear direction and guidance to ensure successful achievement of program Milestones.

Program Delivery & Process Excellence: Drive the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective solutions in accordance with program timelines, assuming overall program management responsibility for assigned systems, championing functional process excellence, and ensuring adherence to established targets.

Performance Management & Target Achievement: Manage processes, metrics, and deliverables to consistently meet program targets and timelines, tracking progress, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring overall program success.

Talent Development & Mentorship: Foster the professional growth and development of team members through coaching, mentoring, and providing opportunities for skill enhancement. Identify training needs, create development plans, and empower team members to reach their full potential, contributing to a high-performing and engaged workforce.

What you'll do...

Team Leadership & Alignment: Lead weekly integration team reviews, aligning program business with both program-specific goals and broader company objectives. Coach and provide one-on-one training as required to engineers regarding Ford Systems/ Process.

Talent Development & Growth: Guide and empower employees to enhance their technical expertise and advance their career paths. Facilitate skills and training plan discussions to improve competencies through targeted training and development initiatives.

Program Content Alignment & Resource Management: Ensure functional alignment with program assumptions (PDL) and support its change log through Program development, providing necessary updates and feedback for accurate verbiage and agreement on added content. Define and clearly communicate resource requirements to Program and Functional management, ensuring engineering design reviews and work streams are consistent with program timing and Engineering Focus Time (EFT).

Communication, Collaboration & Representation: Serve as the primary liaison between Functional/Core teams, attribute teams, and Program, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. Represent Functional teams at Program High Level forums (PST, SAR, Start-up) to facilitate communication and discussion of overall Program status. Chair weekly reviews to manage program business within the function and meet regularly with Functional Chiefs ahead of Milestones to review and prioritize program deliverables and pursue on time escalation of issues and help needed.

Target Management & Performance: Manage alignment between the Program team and Matched Pairs to the total VHE target. Manage, along with the Function, commodity planning, development of commodity complexity status, and part-level cost targets. Maintain a roadmap, action plan, and drive gap closure.

Sourcing & Commodity Planning: Support Functional To4 on cost processes, from Key Commodity Planning to lead receipt and tracking of SAL/CPA to final sign-off of commodity targets with supplier.

Quality Planning & Management: Develop FMA planning for VHE commodities in alignment with Program content and driven by Functional team analysis. Manage Quality deliverables (RCL, DFMEA, SCCAF, etc) to support Engineering Milestones, ensuring sign-off completion for cross-functional alignment.

Milestone Support & Declaration: Support Engineering Milestone reviews with VEV SO and Program teams, representing the Functional areas. Manage Functional Engineering teams to ensure they complete deliverable assessments on time (FEDE WB & GI). Ensure recovery plans are in place for late deliverables, enabling on-time and quality Milestone declaration. Attend design reviews on a priority/risk basis with Functional Management for Milestone overview and escalation purposes.

Data Integrity & System Alignment: Manage functional CAD to BOM alignment. Support Packaging and DPA workstreams, managing fallout from misalignment reports and E2KS issues. Ensure timely updates of required information in BOM, CAD, weight, and quality documents; as well as D/R sign-off for accuracy and robustness.

Design Verification & Compliance: Manage total Design Verification (DV) planning and timing to support program Milestone deliverables, facilitating Functional target alignment and trade-off processes. Confirm conformance to design rules, regulations and requirements; coordinate CDR documentation and sign off; and consolidate potential deviations. Coordinate the delivery of appropriate evidence for Functional Chief Engineering S/O.

Change Control Management: For Initial P-Release, support coordinating Functional Engineering groups, CAD team, Suppliers, and VO for on-time sign-off and release; report out of glidepath to ensure adherence to it. After P-Release, lead the functional concern process in WERS, supporting CR authorization as HW Integration Lead and lead Engineering on Notice release.

Issue Resolution: Lead issue resolution, prioritizing clear Root Cause identification. Coordinate cross-functional problem-solving and assist functional teams in removing roadblocks to drive containment actions. Ensure proper documentation of workplan maintaining AIMS system updated for on-time disposition and or escalation.

Prototype Build Support: Manage DCV MRD metrics, leading Engineering support. Co-lead with PM the coordination of part pedigree and procurement for bridging parts. Support the build process through vehicle sign-off. Manage binning of functional, assembly, and/or supplier quality issues raised during build and/or testing, and help coordinate issue resolution workstreams within AIMS with escalation as required.

Launch Support: Lead Engineering LQOS Metrics for all builds; including Change Control, BOM & Part Sign Off, Part Pedigree status, AIMS and OSM (Campaigns).

Part Pedigree Support: Support Part Pedigree Reviews at Management Level compliance to target, ensuring availability of Alerts with Engineering Support Plan and Risk Assessment.

On-site Build Support: Support Escalation / Management level forums for Production Plant Build events as HW Engineering Representative. Support binning sessions and manage issue resolution for Whiteboard & DEMS calls, as well as for Quality audits, such as PDI, FCPA, FER & R202.

TVM Implementation Support: Manage Launch added TVM actions no differently from planned program PDL content. Review Engineering validation and Implementation support plan with Management to ensure robustness and compliance to support launch metrics and industrialization plan. Coordinate TVM engineer resource to support Launch events for successful builds.

PVT Program Hand off: Support PVT and Functional Engineering on any stop ships that occur prior to Plant Launch Exit completed. Help coordinate immediate reaction and escalation with Functional and STA teams to address stop ship/build issues.

You'll have...

• BS degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering).
• 5+ years of experience in an automotive engineering environment.
• Automotive Knowledge - Comprehensive knowledge of vehicle components and system functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

Even better, you may have...

• Working knowledge and experience with Ford Corporate procedures and processes: WERS, Global 8D, GPDS, Change Control, FEDE Workbench, AIMS, Integrator, E2KS, Part ordering.
• Preferred experience in Program Management, Integration
• 10+ years of experience in an automotive engineering environment preferred.

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!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service 
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day 
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $112,680-212,760.  
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL6

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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