# Steering Eng Supervisor

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Naucalpan de Juarez, MEX
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We are seeking a Steering Eng Supervisor to lead the development and vehicle integration of Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) systems for the Medium SUV platform and steering gear engineering for the C-car platform.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of engineers and partnering with program teams, cross-functional organisations, and suppliers to deliver safety-critical steering systems that meet program requirements and quality, cost, weight, timing, reliability, and performance targets.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and develop a team of engineers responsible for EPAS systems on the Medium SUV platform and steering gear engineering on the C-car platform.

- Manage the design, development, validation, and vehicle integration of safety-critical steering systems from initial concept through production design release and launch.

- Lead multidisciplinary engineering across mechanical hardware, electronics, and mechatronic system interfaces.

- Prioritise complex engineering workstreams with multiple interdependencies and design trade-offs, and align the team to program timing, quality, cost, weight, reliability, and performance objectives.

- Coordinate system and subsystem Failure Mode Avoidance and safety analysis, including DFMEA and Functional Safety activities.

- Support Functional Safety activities, including ISO 26262 application where required.

- Manage steering suppliers and establish work plans to achieve program milestones and technical deliverables.

- Lead vehicle, system, subsystem, hardware, and functional verification and validation.

- Lead vehicle issue investigations, data collection, root-cause analysis, and resolution of design, package, quality, and launch issues.

- Lead prototype build and validation planning and support production launch, plant reviews, and issue resolution.

- Prepare and present program, project, and technical milestone status to leadership and cross-functional partners.

- Coach employees, set clear priorities and expectations, support technical growth, and foster a collaborative culture focused on quality and customer satisfaction.

- Lead, mentor, and coach engineers by providing clear direction, technical guidance, regular feedback, and professional-development support.

- Manage workload distribution, resource planning, and priorities to support program commitments and sustainable team execution.

- Build an inclusive, collaborative team culture that promotes continuous improvement, technical innovation, accountability, and effective teamwork.

- Develop team capability and succession strength by identifying skill gaps, creating growth opportunities, and supporting employee development.

- Establish clear objectives, monitor progress, remove barriers, and hold the team accountable for quality and timely delivery.

- Collaborate with Purchasing, Finance, Manufacturing, and Quality to align technical execution with cost, quality, assembly, and launch objectives.

- Contribute to technology roadmaps and commodity strategies.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a strongly related engineering field.

- Minimum of 8 years of automotive engineering experience or related engineering experience.

- Experience leading technical projects, engineering workstreams, or engineering teams.

- Strong leadership, communication, teamwork, and project-management skills.

- Ability to work effectively with global cross-functional teams and suppliers.

- Fluent in English and fluent in Spanish.

Preferred qualifications:

- At least 2 years of formal or informal leadership experience.

- Master of Science degree in a related field.

- Experience developing, integrating, or validating safety-critical electro-mechanical systems.

- Automotive steering experience, including EPAS system development and/or steering gear engineering.

- Experience applying Systems Engineering and developing system, subsystem, and interfacing-system requirements.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Leadership
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Project Management
- English
- Spanish

### Nice to have
- Formal or informal leadership experience
- Master of Science degree
- Safety-critical electro-mechanical systems
- Automotive steering experience
- DFMEA
- Functional Safety
- ISO 26262

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