# Powertrain Controls Supervisor - Engine Controls Software

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $132,800-$250,800
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford's Propulsion Software and Diagnostics team is looking for a Controls Supervisor to lead the Gasoline Air, Torque, Starting, and Accessories Software Controls team. You will manage a high-performing group of engineers who deliver embedded controls software for engine start/stop, torque management, low-voltage/battery systems, and regulatory compliance across platforms spanning Ford's full vehicle portfolio.

As a PTEC Controls Supervisor on the Propulsion Software and Diagnostics team, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for the software controls that keep Ford's engines running safely, cleanly, and reliably. This role combines technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on ownership of software quality, delivery pace, and modernization.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the Gasoline Air, Torque, Starting, and Accessories Software Controls team within the Propulsion Software and Diagnostics Department

- Own and communicate the status of all team work products in design reviews and management escalation meetings

- Drive delivery across a broad and demanding scope, including AECD regulatory reviews, EU7/FMVSS compliance deliverables, engine start/stop and power management features

- Collaborate with global gas and diesel software development and calibration teams to plan and implement software on time and to high-quality standards

- Manage highly technical staff, fostering a culture of ownership, urgency, and proactive risk mitigation

- Plan controls and monitors for gasoline and diesel engines, developing future technologies to meet emissions regulations and support new hardware technologies

- Use connected data and warranty/field reports to identify and resolve top quality issues related to engine control software

- Use Jira to triage and prioritize a backlog of work across multiple scrum teams

- Champion modernization and code-quality initiatives

- Build and maintain strong working relationships across peer product, integration, and service teams

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field of study

- 5 years of software development experience, powertrain software preferred

- 2 years of experience supporting critical applications in an "always on" environment

- 6 months of experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Excellent networking and relationship-building skills

- Proven ability to manage high-volume, high-complexity technical delivery across regulatory, quality, and platform priorities simultaneously

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

- Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments

- 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
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Software Development
- Powertrain Software
- Leadership
- Communication
- Relationship Building

### Nice to have
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
- Demonstrated leadership and collaborative skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of Ford Quality processes and tools
- Experience with data collection, simulation, test automation, and communication systems

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