Job Description

Job Description & Qualifications

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, driven performers who think creatively to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

What you’ll be able to do:

Lead PTME Integration innovation projects related to physical factory data (IIOT) including:

Collection from new and existing sources.

Monitoring, processing, and analytics.

Visualization and reporting.

Ensure new technologies are detailed as standards before replication beyond trial phase.

Lead PTME’s global innovation strategy by maintaining single point of contact with external organizations like MTD, GDIA, IT, and others.

Organize periodic collaboration reviews with PTME workgroup forum leads (Digital Integration, Digital Engineering, Machining, Casting, Assembly, and Test) on key innovation projects.

Coordinate and deliver periodic report outs to global OCM on key innovation projects.

Contribute to the PTME global Digital Integration Innovation Forum (DIF) to govern global priorities, workload, and spending.

Provide cost study inputs for Manufacturing 4.0 line items.

Support external organization (MTD, GDIA, IT, etc…) projects in the Digital Integration space including plant implementation, replication, and standardization.

Provide training and subject matter expertise to teams replicating standard technologies.

Ensure the identification and capture of lessons learned as technology is implemented as well as the impact to existing strategies and standards.

Travel up to 100% during launch phases in support of onsite technology development onsite as needed in either Southeast MI, Ohio or Windsor, Ontario.

The minimum requirements we seek:

Bachelor’s degree - pursuing and received by or before June 2022

Our preferred requirements:

BSEE/BSME

Outstanding written and oral communication skills for collaborating with senior management, controls engineering, process engineering, safety, IT, and plant production teams.

Self-starting, self-directed with extremely good influential, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Strong manufacturing background with heavy emphasis on production-related experience.

Comfortable with working off-shift as required to support technology development.

Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage technical aspects of the position.

Experience with FMEA, DOE, DMAIC, 5D, 8D processes and problem-solving skills.

Strong leadership and project management skills with ability to break down sophisticated topics into understandable, concrete, and actionable work plans across organizations.

Curiosity in developing technologies with strong ability to quickly learn and apply new knowledge.

Direct program experience with assembly and machining controls & IT architectures (HW/SW).

Knowledge of programming principals preferred (ie. Siemens, Schneider, Bosch PLCs) along with CNC/Motion controls systems including Ford-specific FAST and OMS.

Knowledge of network communication methods desired (including MQTT and JSON along with programming capability in Python, SQL, Angular, and other softwares / programming languages)

Knowledge of PTME IT standard footprint applications desired (such as FIS, QLS-CM, QWX, GPTS, QDAS, OBL, PDS etc) in order to drive next generation technologies.

Understanding of communication network architectures and field bus protocols.

Exposure and knowledge of all program delivery elements from the cost study phase to launch.