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Supervisor, Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) Design & Release at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI

Supervisor, Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) Design & Release at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI. $115,500 to $218,100 a year. Apply with swipeandhired.

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
Join us in shaping the future of Ford Motor Company, as part of a global organization with exceptional colleagues in world-class facilities. As part of Ford Design, you’ll be at the cutting edge of Ford’s most strategically critical work, designing people and society’s needs into the heart of our next generation of products, services, and experiences.
In this position...
The EDS Design and Release Supervisor leads the team in delivering wiring systems that meet quality, cost, weight, functional, and timing objectives and are successfully integrated into the vehicle system. The supervisor manages design trade-offs, maintains a customer-focused mindset, and supports corporate objectives. As the business owner for electrical wiring, the supervisor is accountable for the subsystem’s overall performance and delivery.
What you'll do...
Tasks/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 (e.g., DEMS and JIRA).
Lead EDS sign-off for program milestones, including UNVx, UPVx, FDJ, TDJ, PEC, and FEC.
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; support Program meetings with current status and feasibility assessments.
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 such as FEDEBOM and Integrator.
Support EDS-related JIRA/AIMS, WERS, and OTG processes; communicate upcoming program milestone events.
Review and approve proposed supplier-initiated changes (SREAs), ensuring applicable PPAP requirements are met.

Process

Manage the team budget and EDS ED&T to deliver FSS and in-house design programs.
Assign and align team objectives with the organization’s strategic priorities.
Coordinate technical forums to advance team and organizational objectives.
Enforce product-creation discipline through effective design, reliability, and robustness reviews, with emphasis on robust design verification.
Consistently apply the problem-solving and root cause analysis tools demonstrated in the BoK training, while ensuring the team understands and adheres to these practices.
Support GPDS supplier engagement to achieve cost and quality objectives, deliver engineering requirements, and ensure launch and industrialization readiness.

People

Establish and uphold the team’s technical standards, ensuring engineers meet them.

Provide training, mentoring, and ongoing development to strengthen the team’s technical knowledge and capability.

Lead, guide, support, and teach team members to promote professional and technical growth.

You'll have...

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, including design development, validation, release, manufacturing readiness, or launch support.
3+ years of direct experience with wire-harness or electrical-distribution-system design and release activities, such as component design, engineering release, change management, BOM ownership, validation, or issue resolution.
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, including tracking timing, identifying risks, resolving issues, and escalating concerns to appropriate stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring, training, or providing technical direction to other engineers
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to present technical status, risks, trade-offs, and recommended actions to cross-functional and leadership audiences.

Even better, you may have...

Master’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Previous experience as a people manager, engineering supervisor, technical lead, or work-package lead within an automotive engineering environment.
Experience working within Ford vehicle-program development processes, including familiarity with:
Global Product Development System (GPDS)
Worldwide Engineering Release System (WERS)
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
Supplier engagement, engineering change, and launch-readiness processes

Familiarity with Ford engineering systems and tools, including Teamcenter Engineering, 3DX, FEDEBOM, JIRA, AIMS, Digital Buck, and CATIA or comparable 3D design and data-management tools.
Experience applying automotive quality and design-development methods, including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design Verification Plan and Report (DVPR), root-cause analysis, quality-history reviews, and robust design verification practices.
Experience leading or coordinating work performed by external suppliers, engineering service providers, or outsourced product-development teams.
Experience supporting supplier-led design, validation, industrialization, engineering changes, and launch activities for automotive electrical-distribution or wire-harness systems

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

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, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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