Ford Motor Company

Buyer

• Manage cost, quality, and material efficiencies across the program lifecycle.
• Lead supplier relationship management and a proactive supplier engagement model.
• Develop strategies that support long‑term commodity viability and corporate objectives.
• Own program sourcing decisions and be the point‑of‑view (POV) lead for assigned programs, securing capacity, cost, timing, and ESG alignment.
• Deliver annual cost‑savings and distinguish opportunities from pure commercial leverage, design changes, and supply‑chain improvements.
• Analyze market supply/demand dynamics and identify supply‑risk mitigation strategies.
• Partner with cross‑functional strategic teams to assess supply‑base footprint, supplier financial health, emerging technologies, and market trends.
• Monitor industry trends, new assembly technologies, and supplier financial/footprint changes to inform strategy.
• Purchasing lead for internal Make vs Buy studies and Bailment Studies.

Module Buyer

QA Engineer

• Extract and analyze quality/warranty databases (Quality.Ai, J.D. Power, QNPS/CX.AI, Datacubes) alongside market trends (benchmarking, social media, web forums) to identify design opportunities.
• Analyze current model High Time in Service (HTIS) Exterior warranty trends (R/1000) and field service actions to author robust "lessons learned" portfolios, closing the quality feedback loop for forward model planning.
• Develop and maintain Exterior functional warranty and IQS roadmaps and deliver Quality Framework assessments at early milestones to secure program budgets and protect performance targets.
• Partner with the Design Studio and Design Technical Office (DTO) to review exterior surfaces (using Teamcenter, TCVis Mockup, 3DX) to incorporate execution enablers that meet customer satisfaction and warranty mitigation goals.
• Drive program compliance on Exterior Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) requirements, leveraging technical expertise and input from Exterior and Structural Systems Engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Act as the quality and warranty representative on vehicle program teams, driving functional delivery while supporting Program Feasibility Reviews, AAFs, VPATs, CPE DFs, and PEHF PATs.
• Assess perceived quality and determine customer/warranty impact (PP/100 or R/1000) for Meets Customer Expectation / Fails Customer Expectation (MCE/FCE) issues, as well as evaluating Total Value Management (TVM) cost-reduction proposals to protect product integrity.
• Lead collaborative efforts with the Forward Model Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) Team and engineering functions to develop robust FMA plans targeting new technology and chronic warranty issues.
• Lead warranty-focused, cross-functional problem-solving efforts for developmental failures, launch issues, or early field concerns.
• Conduct targeted audits throughout the GPDS process to assess deliverable quality, identify systemic gaps, and coordinate with Product Development (PD) to implement Prevent Recurrence Actions (PRAs).

Forward Model Quality Engineer – Body Exterior

Operations

• Work with the Ascent and Pega tools and ensure the team is proactively working shortages and following case management for issues.
• Leverage your sense of urgency and responsiveness to plant needs to protect the daily and weekly schedules. Goal is to support existing operating plans and schedules without needing remix or incurring production losses.
• Act as change agent needing to find efficiencies in current state operations to allow the new tools to expand our horizon for evaluating supply risks.
• Find ways to improve processes to eliminate disruptions to Vehicle Operations.
• Provide communication and dimension of risk as needed to escalate to leadership as well as report on the issues with solutions and / or need for assistance.
• Work cross-functionally with other internal teams including Purchasing, Supplier Technical Assistance (STA), Supplier Operations Team (SOT), Product Development, and plants.
• Manage critical suppliers and the accountability to Ford supplier expectations and Global Terms.

Vehicle Operations Fulfillment Supervisor

Data Scientist

• Lead, mentor, a team of data scientists, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight throughout the solution development lifecycle.
• Drive best practices in MLOps, model development, testing, and deployment.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI/ML and recommend their application to relevant business challenges.
• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end AI/ML models and systems that address critical after-sales service needs.
• Develop robust, scalable, and production-ready code for AI ML applications.
• Perform data exploration, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and optimization.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, business stakeholders, and IT teams to understand requirements, define project scope, and deliver impactful AI ML solutions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI ML to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction in after-sales service.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex AI ML systems and data issues.

Data Science and AI Manager

• Lead design and configuration of Sales Scheduling Agreements (LPA/LP), including schedule line categories, release processing, cumulative quantities, and delivery relevance
• Design and implement EDI inbound integration for Planning (830) and Shipping (862) schedules
• Configure and validate IDoc processing (DELFOR / DELJIT) and coordinate with middleware teams
• Design and configure pricing procedures, condition types, and pricing determination for implementation scenarios
• Configure outbound delivery processes including delivery scheduling, shipping point determination, routes, and delivery splits
• Design and implement ASN outbound processing using DESADV IDocs
• Configure and validate Post Goods Issue (PGI) processes and logistics integration
• Design customer returns, scrap handling, and delivery discrepancy processes (short/over deliveries, damages)
• Prepare functional specifications, configuration documents, and solution design documents
• Execute unit testing, integration testing, UAT support, cutover, and go-live activities
• Collaborate with MM, FI, EWM, and integration teams during implementation

SAP SD Functional Consultant

Supply Chain

• Lead the 24x7 global production support of supply chain management IT systems.
• Define, monitor, and report on key operational metrics and performance indicators (e.g., Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)). Use data-driven insights to identify trends, measure team performance, and report operational health to leadership and business stakeholders.
• Monitor and manage vendor Service Level Agreements (SLAs), drive accountability for deliverables, and escalate platform-level issues to ensure swift resolution.
• Oversee and enforce ITIL best practices—specifically Incident, Problem, and Change Management—to restore service rapidly while ensuring production changes do not introduce new issues.
• Leverage ServiceNow (for ITSM and Incident-to-Problem-to-Change tracking) and JIRA (for backlog management and agile collaboration) to manage team workloads and track issues.
• Drive a modernization culture by utilizing scripting (e.g., Python) and emerging AI-assisted tools (e.g., for incident summarization, automated runbooks, or knowledge base creation) to automate daily health reports and routine tasks, reducing manual toil.
• Lead technical triage and cross-functional "war rooms" during critical, time-sensitive production outages. Conduct deep-dive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement permanent preventative measures (e.g., enhanced monitoring).
• Diagnose and resolve complex integration issues between distributed services hosted in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Establish and maintain high-quality hand-off protocols with global, regional colleagues to ensure seamless support continuity and zero information loss for ongoing critical issues.
• Develop and maintain an appropriate level of resources with deep knowledge of Ford's supply chain business processes, application architectures, and modern technologies.
• Train and support internal Business customers (MP&L, SCM) and external suppliers on vendor applications to ensure seamless adoption.
• Ensure strict adherence to security, compliance, and data privacy protocols, especially when diagnosing issues that involve accessing sensitive supplier information.
• Monitor the performance and health of supply chain applications using enterprise monitoring, observability, and cloud-native diagnostic tools.

Global Application Support Supervisor – Supply Chain Systems

Supervisor

• Drive SQCDPME by understanding and consistently applying standard manufacturing operating system processes. Validate and bridge operational needs to ensure the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.
• Ensure department compliance with government, industry, corporate standards and OHSIM investigations.
• Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.)
• Coordinate the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups. Facilitate start-up/shift-to-shift meetings.
• Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the paint organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness (RTO adherence) and total cost structure.
• Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks; build and nurture a One Team environment.
• Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity.

Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Solutions Engineer

• Lead discussion with various stakeholders to study the transformation of current process and legacy systems to Industry best standards, technology and systems focusing on the SAP Production Planning, Materials Management and other modules
• Lead and perform Requirements Gathering, Business Analysis, and Fit-Gap/Fit-to-Standard Analysis to understand the as-is/to-be states and identify key functionalities and process gaps
• Recommend possible technology and process solutions to address gaps
• Support user acceptance testing, cutover activities, data migration, and Post Go-Live support
• Configurate and customize S4 HANA system and integrate with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), MDM (Master Data Management) and Sourcing systems such as ARIBA
• Implement knowledge of Automotive Variant Configuration and MRP strategies
• Integrate Engineering Change Management (ECM) and Variant Configuration in Production Planning
• Demand flow from upstream system to drive the MRP and Capacity utilizations
• Work closely with management to prioritize business goals and information needs
• Stay current on SAP trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Senior SAP S4 Solutions Architect

Analytics Engineer

• Management of design cost reduction activities, focusing on development of global strategic processes and tools, as well as leading the development of global cost applications and dashboards to facilitate collaboration between the global team.
• Responsibilities also include complex data analysis, presentation, communication, and benchmarking to evaluate and compare part designs, features and technologies of internal benchmarks along with other OEMs.
• Additionally, the role involves KPI development, reporting and program management to ensure delivery of the identified cost reduction actions.

Global Total Cost and TVM Data Analytics Engineer

Software Engineer

• Engaged in all aspects of a project, they design and develop the Pega solution end-to-end.
• Using a Business Architect's functional design, the Senior developer supports the technical design, develops the enterprise application and reviews infrastructure requirements such as data architecture definitions and data management plans.
• Candidates should guide and lead young software engineers, deliver technical guidance and develop, enable team members, and provides knowledge transfer to customer.
• Be able to analyze and understand as well as create technical designs and development based on PegaPRPC and Pega cloud ensuring a high standard of software delivery following SOA and architectural practices.
• Collaborate with offshore and onshore designers and developers to prepare effective designs and deliver required functional and non-functional benefits and follow industry best practice.
• Help to resolve technical issues and mitigate technical risks across the Domain technical portfolio.
• Pega performance analysis and tuning.
• Lead the team to follow best development practices.
• Drive the implementation of CI/CD pipeline for the applications.
• Work with and leads on shore and offshore development teams.

Senior Pega Developer

Full-stack Engineer

• Lead Brake Controls Software application engineer with in-house and supplier software of safety critical electronic brake systems.
• Manage Brake Controls software and calibration deliveries (Coordination with supplier and in-house brake controls teams, program builds, Service software updates, Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates, and Change Management).
• Guide electronic brake booster and electronic park brake supplier partners through the Ford Global Product Development System (GPDS).
• Verify all software requirements are met at the appropriate milestone during development of the program.
• Deliver software work packages through the software change management process.
• Resolve all brake controls software issues found during program development along with current production warranty investigations.
• Work with Cross-Module network communication implementation.
• Ensure compliance to Central Software requirements (ASPICE).
• Lead Software Technical Design Reviews (TDRs).
• Investigate Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) issues including Quality Early Detection (QED).
• Support service manual development.
• Support driver assist features.
• Support the Breadboard/HiL.
• Support prototype vehicle builds.
• Support assembly plant End-of-line (EOL) setup and issue resolution.

Brake Controls Software Engineer

Application Engineer

• Diagnose complex issues by analyzing and interpreting existing application codebases, logs, and database schemas
• Perform deep dives into application code and databases to troubleshoot and resolve problems
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to implement effective, lasting solutions
• Develop deep subject matter expertise in the application's functionality and underlying architecture
• Support and maintain API integrations (e.g., REST, SOAP) connecting COTS applications to other systems
• Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, maintaining strong organization and attention to detail
• Apply Agile methodologies throughout the software development lifecycle
• Test, debug, and troubleshoot software issues using established testing frameworks and tools
• Apply software security principles and best practices in day-to-day work
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, vendors, and other engineers
• Communicate findings, progress, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Application Software Engineer

Engineer

• As the Supervisor of Theme Feasibility & Surface Development, you will guide your team and a cross functional team to deliver A Surfaces that are feasible and maintain the emotive direction of the Design Studio.
• This role leads program, functional, and internal studio teams through Ford's Design Feasibility (FC) Progression from initial concept feasibility through to final tool-able A Surface approval.
• Lead the creation of Class A surface, with the integration of technical, feasibility, manufacturing, and program requirements into the Design theme and surface to support the development of theme models from concept through final production release of Class A surface.
• Lead the Design Feasibility Process from early concepts to production surfaces including leading studio required deliverables, and the balancing of program, functional, manufacturing, and attribute trade-offs for design feasibility progression.
• Deliver feasible, design intent, high quality Class A surface on time, to deliverable requirements.
• Lead surface development reviews within Design and follows up on issues while driving closure. Mediates incompatibilities between design and hardpoints and documents agreements and next steps.
• Compile, publish, and drive closure of surface and feasibility critique sheets.
• Co-create to identify what could be, can be, & find the win/win solutions that drive alignment around the Design Vision, program direction, and engineering requirements.
• Create surface proposals to drive team alignment around Design Vision, and stakeholder requirements.
• Lead the development of feasibility surface proposals throughout theme and surface development that enable the Design vision.
• Lead Studio property planning, content, development and set up, and integrity including content, data pedigree, ride height, manikin drop and overall suitability.

Studio Engineer Supervisor

Platform Engineer

• Collaborate across plant controls, Manufacturing IT, and Enterprise Cyber Security to deliver integrated cyber security solutions for manufacturing environments
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and implementation guidance for industrial cyber security controls
• Support deployment of industrial networking and cyber security solutions, including troubleshooting at manufacturing plants
• Investigate and evaluate new industrial cyber security and networking solutions for use within Ford manufacturing
• Develop and execute proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and in-plant pilots to validate new technologies
• Provide training and technical support to manufacturing plants for cyber security solutions
• Support deployment of industrial network infrastructure including switches, routers, and segmentation architecture
• Maintain and enhance existing cyber security and networking solutions and related documentation
• Support cyber security gap analysis, audit preparation, and compliance activities (internal and external)
• Capture lessons learned from deployments and drive continuous improvement opportunities

Mfg Platform OT Cyber Security Engineer

• Direct, mentor, and develop a team of 5–6 operational excellence and program management professionals, fostering a collaborative, continuous-learning environment.
• Support the development, alignment, and execution of the strategic and tactical actions (SAP) required to transform and standardize Powertrain Program Delivery in alignment with GME standards.
• Integrate FPS (Ford Production System) principles into early-stage GPDS (Global Product Development System) milestones to guarantee a flawless manufacturing implementation.
• Establish and govern standard practices that integrate manufacturing engineering constraints early into the product concept phase, minimizing late-stage engineering changes and ensuring seamless launch execution at the plants.
• Design, deploy, and govern the physical and digital infrastructure for visual management control centers (PT Delivery BCC, ProgramCC, DCC, and ZCC).
• Champion the integration of mainstream software applications and modern AI productivity tools to streamline Business Control Center tracking, automate data-driven reporting, and drive "connected flow" across global program milestones.
• Define and update Program Bowlers (KPI Performance Dashboards) to measure program execution health, standardized GPDS gate reviews, and skill team operational alignment.
• Develop and execute the training strategy, incorporating a Dedicated Competency Assessment and Skills Development plan.
• Organize and drive cultural change mechanisms such as Program Kaizens, Gemba walks, and LPR (Layered Process Review) cadences to shift leadership focus from firefighting to proactive barrier removal.
• Cascade the transformation strategy through Quarterly All Hands, Leaders Workshops, Skip-level meetings, and 1:1 structures to ensure regional and global organizational alignment.
• Model and cultivate Ford OS Behaviors and Servant Leadership across Powertrain Delivery, coaching leaders to shift from traditional program management to supportive mentoring.