# Ford Racing Simulation, Tools and Methods Manager

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Concord, NC
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $141,700-$268,300
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Motorsport
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford Racing is seeking a talented, committed engineer to be a part of their motorsports team as the Simulation, Tools and Methods Manager.

In this position, you will lead the charge in defining the future of Ford Racing's simulation and analytical capabilities. You will directly manage a high-performing team of supervisors, oversee simulator operations and budgets, and own the integration of next-generation analytical, AI, and tire modeling tools.

**Responsibilities**

- People & Operational Leadership:

- Direct management: lead, mentor, and develop a team, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous technical growth.

- Team growth & integration: lead the strategic growth, development, and integration of the simulation team.

- Simulator operations & budgeting: own the operational roadmap and annual budgets for the Ford Racing DiL simulators.

- Global expansion: act as the visionary lead for the growth and deployment of additional simulators.

- Tool, Method & Model Integration:

- Standardization & commonization: drive the adoption of common tools, methods, nomenclature, input methods, and overall output formats.

- Cross-functional model integration: lead the integration of complex, multi-disciplinary models into a cohesive simulation environment.

- Advanced tool ownership: direct the development and deployment of track-side tools.

- AI & future tech: own the strategic implementation and future growth of AI-based tools and analytical methods.

- Tire model integration: drive the integration of advanced tire models into the simulation environment.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Tech Transfer:

- Cross-series learnings: drive shared learnings and technical synergy across all simulator users.

- Race-to-road / road-to-race: facilitate seamless technology transfer between external racing partners and internal Ford production vehicle teams.

- Facility & Asset Management:

- Facility growth: interface directly with Ford Land and external partners to lead the physical growth, design, and optimization of the Ford Racing Concord facilities.

- Asset alignment: partner with cross-functional users to forecast future facility requirements and align on the necessary tools.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

- 10+ years of professional engineering experience in motorsports, automotive, or aerospace.

- Experience managing and operating Driver-in-the-Loop (DiL) simulators.

- Experience integrating multidisciplinary vehicle subsystem models into simulation environments.

- Experience using industry-standard racing tools, telemetry systems, and vehicle dynamics software.

- Experience implementing AI-based engineering solutions or developing advanced analytical tools.

**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.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Simulation
- AI
- Tire Modeling

### Nice to have
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Active personal or professional involvement in competitive motorsports
- An established, high-level network within the global motorsports

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