Electronic Body Module Hardware Supervisor

Electronic Body Module Hardware Supervisor

Ford Motor Company

As a Body Module Supervisor, you will lead and develop a high‑performing engineering team, fostering technical excellence, providing mentorship, and strategically allocating resources to meet program objectives. You will provide critical design and development oversight, guiding the creation of robust body module electronic assembly requirements, ensuring material durability, and establishing reliable electrical and mechanical interfaces. A significant part of your role involves leading supplier management and quality assurance efforts, driving technical reviews, overseeing failure‑mode documentation, and collaborating with supplier technical assistance to ensure compliance and quality.

Your role also encompasses cross‑functional collaboration and problem resolution, coordinating with internal teams, optimizing module configurations, and guiding your team in troubleshooting complex features and resolving critical issues related to body module systems. Finally you will drive continuous process improvement and strategic initiatives through audits, documentation of best practices and lessons learned, and by championing training and mentoring programs within the Ford design and release community.

• Team Leadership & Development:
  • Manage, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Conduct performance reviews, set clear objectives, and provide regular coaching and feedback to direct reports.
  • Allocate team resources effectively to meet program deadlines, technical objectives, and strategic priorities.
• Design & Development Oversight:
  • Oversee and guide the team in the development of Ford body module electronic assembly design requirements, ensuring best practices are applied across all electronic module designs, with a continued focus on systems such as windows, tailgate mechanisms, frunk operation, and others.
  • Provide technical guidance and approval on acceptable material types to ensure proper lifetime exposure and durability of body module components.
  • Ensure the establishment of robust electrical, architectural, and mechanical interfaces to maximize system robustness and reliability across various body module mechanisms.
  • Facilitate and work with suppliers and Electrical Technical Specialists to conduct module worst‑case circuit analysis and module component DVP&R.
  • Support Engineering Lead on TDRs prior to key program milestone events (FDJ, DCV, PEC, FEC).
• Supplier Management & Quality Assurance:
  • Lead the teams that drive technical reviews with suppliers, ensuring compliance with design requirements and a deep understanding of both mechanical and electronic aspects of body module systems.
  • Oversee thorough documentation of failure modes and ensure implementation of design‑requirement improvements, with an emphasis on addressing issues specific to body module functionalities.
  • Collaborate with the supplier technical assistance team to ensure ongoing requirement compliance on production hardware for body module components.
  • Guide the team in developing and utilizing comprehensive supplier review checklist documents for program reviews by module design and release engineers.
  • Perform regular reviews of current production quality and work with supplier and PVT teams to improve warranty R/1000 and CPU trends.
  • Provide launch support and address Voice of the Customer “Free” issues to closure.
  • Monitor JIRA, AIMs and DURIS and provide corrective action resolution.
  • Lead TVM efforts to implement agreed cost‑reduction changes.
• Validation & Testing Leadership:
  • Direct the team in the development and execution of the Ford electronic module assembly validation requirement process, focusing on both mechanical and electronic performance for body modules.
  • Manage and maintain corporate validation documents and requirements, and ensure the team provides necessary company‑wide training for module engineers on body module subsystems.
  • Champion and ensure the implementation of best practices in module validation, addressing both electrical and mechanical stresses relevant to…