# Supervisor, Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) Design & Release

**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

Product Development at Ford Motor Company uses design thinking and user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services. As a Supervisor, Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) Design & Release, you will lead the team in delivering wiring systems that meet quality, cost, weight, functional, and timing objectives.

**Responsibilities**

- Ensure the team meets program objectives for Quality, Cost, Weight, Function, and Timing, including current-model objectives and Six Sigma strategies.

- Cascade, manage, and optimize program targets; assess technical trade-offs among competing objectives and report risks and opportunities to the Program team at designated milestones.

- Ensure adherence to quality-improvement and design-development practices, including FMEA, DVPR, quality history, prevention of recurrence, SDS, design guides, test procedures, and robust design verification and validation.

- Ensure product designs satisfy functional and customer requirements, and support closure of systemic issues related to EDS function.

- Lead resolution of wiring issues using applicable systems and processes.

- Lead EDS sign-off for program milestones.

- Drive subsystem and component design, release, and validation to meet production tooling and vehicle launch timing.

- Facilitate effective engineering and cross-functional decisions through Functional and VHM meetings.

- Follow the ED&T approval process to maintain program timing.

- Maintain PDL and BOM accuracy for all wire harness releases and oversee program-specific systems.

- Support EDS-related JIRA/AIMS, WERS, and OTG processes; communicate upcoming program milestone events.

- Review and approve proposed supplier-initiated changes.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.

- 5+ years of automotive Electrical Distribution System (EDS) and/or wire-harness design experience.

- Experience supporting at least one full vehicle program launch through production.

- 3+ years of direct experience with wire-harness or electrical-distribution-system design and release activities.

- Demonstrated experience in at least two of the following areas: Vehicle manufacturing or assembly support, Product testing or design validation, Vehicle launch support, Supplier quality, engineering, or change-management activities.

- 5+ year of experience leading technical work across internal engineering teams, manufacturing, program teams, and/or suppliers.

- Experience using structured problem-solving methods to identify root cause, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence of technical or quality issues.

- Experience leading technical work across suppliers and internal cross-functional partners.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engineering deliverables simultaneously.

- Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring, training, or providing technical direction to other engineers.

**Benefits**

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

- 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

- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays

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## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Automotive Engineering
- Wire-Harness Design
- Electrical Distribution System
- Problem-Solving
- Project Management
- Communication
- Leadership

### Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering
- Previous experience as a people manager, engineering supervisor, technical lead, or work-package lead
- Experience working within Ford vehicle-program development processes
- Familiarity with Ford engineering systems and tools

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