Ford Racing Off-Road Powertrain Supervisor

Ford Racing is seeking a technically capable and collaborative leader to supervise driveline delivery for 30MY and 31MY Powertrain programs.

The successful candidate will bring strong driveline knowledge, excellent communication and people skills, and the ability to lead teams through complex problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Supervise driveline deliverables for the 30MY and 31MY programs, coordinating work across engineering and program teams
• Lead driveline system integration and program delivery, balancing quality, cost, weight, function, and timing
• Serve as a key interface between the vehicle program/platform, driveline functional teams, and other stakeholders
• Coordinate with technical leaders in transmission, axle, and other applicable driveline components and systems
• Work with manufacturing engineering, plants, suppliers, purchasing, and contract engineering to develop practical technical and commercial solutions
• Lead powertrain prototype-build activities and support vehicle prototype builds
• Lead powertrain issue identification, structured problem solving, and resolution
• Coordinate driveline team launch support as required
• Support technical development and system integration for the diesel powered programs
• Communicate program status, technical issues, risks, and decisions clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Build effective working relationships, bring the right people together, and maintain momentum through challenging issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Powertrain experience: Experience with automotive powertrain and driveline systems and components
• Cross-functional experience: Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, supplier, or vehicle-program teams
• Problem-solving leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead structured problem solving and drive issues to resolution
• Communication and people skills: Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, with the ability to align teams and explain technical issues to different audiences
• Program execution: Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate deliverables across teams and program milestones
• Travel: Willingness and ability to travel to supplier and manufacturing locations, including domestic and international travel as needed
• Experience with driveline system integration, development, validation, prototype builds, or launch
• Experience with Ford product-development processes and tools, such as GPDS, TeamCenter, WERS, and FEDE
• Familiarity with FMEA, DVP, manufacturing quality control, and organized problem-solving methods such as Six Sigma DMAIC
• Experience leading cross-functional teams or coordinating complex program deliverables

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, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time