Engine Manager
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Lead a high-performing team: Manage a department of approximately 40 engineers responsible for the global design, release, and integration of 6-cylinder engine architectures for Ford Blue.
- End-to-End System Ownership: Oversee the entire propulsion enterprise, including the engine, air induction, and exhaust systems, ensuring seamless integration across the vehicle.
- Program Delivery: Drive accountability for global program milestones, ensuring all deliverables meet rigorous timing and attribute targets.
- Technical Oversight: Ensure all engine designs adhere to internal design rules, satisfy Design Verification (DV) protocols, and meet all global regulatory requirements.
- Quality and Reliability Leadership: Lead critical durability reviews and field action discussions; oversee issue resolution using engineer problem solving employing FMA, Statistics 8D, 3x5why methodologies.
- Production Readiness: Guarantee high-volume manufacturing readiness through PPAP sign-off and direct collaboration with Ford Engine Manufacturing Plants.
- Strategic Cost Management: Drive Total Value Management (TVM) and strategic cost-improvement initiatives to optimize system value.
- Supply Base & Sourcing: Manage sourcing actions and serve as the primary engineering liaison between the Ford supply base and vehicle program teams.
- Lifecycle Management: Oversee the WERS (Worldwide Engineering Release System) process, from initial design through to production and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of the internal combustion engine design and release process, engine attribute attainment tuning techniques, cost drivers, and quality issues.
- Knowledge of the engine manufacturing process.
- Knowledge of the Ford core engineering excellence process including FMEA, design rules, requirements, test methods, engineering specifications, and verification.
- Experience in engine system FMEA, design rules, requirements, test methods, engineering specifications, and verification.
- Ability to execute the Engineering Excellence process through Tech Club matrix reporting interactions.
- Experience in engine component design and release.
- History of developing and leading a strong team.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills (6 sigma, 8D, A4, Red X, 3x5W, Statistics).
- Strong skills in developing management presentations.
- Ability to guide the team in evening, weekend, and holiday high priority situations.
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillsproblem-solving skillsteam developmentcommunicationaccountabilitystrategic thinkingcollaborationpresentation skillsadaptability