# SET Leader

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $115,500-$218,100
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, you will lead the Systems Engineering Team (SET) as a single point of contact between Functional Engineering and the program team. Your goal will be to ensure and coordinate functional support, assist functional teams in removing roadblocks, and improve system engineering efficiency and delivery.

The SET leader is responsible for leading product development engineering of new vehicle lines, focusing on cross-functional collaboration to rethink the base design, interaction, and manufacturing of the newest vehicle lines. You will lead multiple engineers and focus teams on Engineering First Principles to re-think Product Development, breaking from traditional designs of the past.

Key responsibilities:

- Identify and deliver cost/weight efficiencies, component part reductions, quality improvement, labor savings, and service efficiency through Systems Design methodology.

- Develop and maintain relationships with Tier 1 suppliers and understand their technical capabilities.

- Champion trade-off discussions using data to balance targets and co-lead content and attribute proposals with Program Chief Engineering and Vehicle Engineering.

- Lead target setting through extensive benchmarking and leverage Core Engineering team opportunities/technology.

- Collaborate with team members and external partners on packaging, weight, cost, labor, timing, and integration from a systems perspective.

- Lead Systems Technical Design and Compatibility Reviews to optimize designs, resolve issues, and deliver all Program Milestones on-time/on-target.

- Drive SET Adherence to Systems Engineering Operating Principles.

- Drive cross-functional issue resolution and support escalation when needed.

- Collaborate with SET members and external partners for System Level Engineering Sign-Off and handover to Hardware Integration and Application Engineering teams.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.

- 5+ years of experience with one or more of the following systems: body structure, interior systems, seating systems, exterior lighting, chassis.

- Design & Release Engineering, Systems Engineering or Vehicle Engineering experience is preferred.

- Capability to pull down CAD in CATIA v.5 or 3DX and create sections/take measurements.

- Knowledge of Systems Engineering Fundamentals and Design Thinking.

- Demonstrates critical thinking, courage, humility, decisiveness, flexibility, knowledge, vision, communications.

- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

- Demonstrated ability to show initiative.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results.

- Demonstrated organizational & delegation skills with proper follow-up.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple issues effectively and efficiently.

- Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload managing immediate and future needs.

- Ability to build strong effective relationships with cross-functional teams.

- Strong technical capability and problem-solving skills.

- Fluent in English Speaking and Writing.

- Onsite collaboration required for at least 4-days per week.

- Willingness to travel on a limited basis.

Benefits:

- 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.

- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

## Skills

### Required
- Systems Engineering
- Design Thinking
- CATIA v.5 or 3DX
- English Speaking and Writing
- Leadership

### Nice to have
- Master’s in Systems Engineering or Engineering
- 10+ years’ experience in product engineering design environment
- Production Launch experience
- Program management experience
- Effective coaching skills

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