Vehicle Hardware Engineering Leader - Integration

Vehicle Hardware Engineering Leader - Integration

Dearborn, MI, United States (Hybrid)

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Lead the VHE (Vehicle Hardware Engineering) integration team for chassis / powertrain for a forward model program. The integration team acts as the single point of contact for Program to Functional Engineering, ensuring and coordinating functional support and assisting functional teams in any way possible to remove roadblocks and get the job done. Integration is the process owner for the function.

In this position...

Strategic Systems Integration & Program Leadership:
Provide strategic direction and oversight for systems integration within the functional departments, serving as the primary point of contact for program teams seeking functional engineering expertise and assistance, ensuring seamless collaboration, problem resolution, and the delivery of innovative solutions.

Priority Alignment & Team Coordination:
Facilitate the alignment of priorities within the functional department and between program teams, coordinating actions with functional teams, providing clear direction and guidance to ensure successful achievement of program Milestones.

Program Delivery & Process Excellence:
Drive the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective solutions in accordance with program timelines, assuming overall program management responsibility for assigned systems, championing functional process excellence, and ensuring adherence to established targets.

Performance Management & Target Achievement:
Manage processes, metrics, and deliverables to consistently meet program targets and timelines, tracking progress, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring overall program success.

Talent Development & Mentorship:
Foster the professional growth and development of team members through coaching, mentoring, and providing opportunities for skill enhancement. Identify training needs, create development plans, and empower team members to reach their full potential, contributing to a high-performing and engaged workforce.

What you'll do...

Team Leadership & Alignment:
Lead weekly integration team reviews, aligning program business with both program-specific goals and broader company objectives. Coach and provide one-on-one training as required to engineers regarding Ford Systems/ Process.

Talent Development & Growth:
Guide and empower employees to enhance their technical expertise and advance their career paths. Facilitate skills and training plan discussions to improve competencies through targeted training and development initiatives.

Program Content Alignment & Resource Management:
Ensure functional alignment with program assumptions (PDL) and support its change log through Program development, providing necessary updates and feedback for accurate verbiage and agreement on added content. Define and clearly communicate resource requirements to Program and Functional management, ensuring engineering design reviews and work streams are consistent with program timing and Engineering Focus Time (EFT).

Communication, Collaboration & Representation:
Serve as the primary liaison between Functional/Core teams, attribute teams, and Program, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. Represent Functional teams at Program High Level forums (PST, SAR, Start-up) to facilitate communication and discussion of overall Program status. Chair weekly reviews to manage program business within the function and meet regularly with Functional Chiefs ahead of Milestones to review and prioritize program deliverables and pursue on time escalation of issues and help needed.

Target Management & Performance:
Manage alignment between the Program team and Matched Pairs to the total VHE target. Manage, along with the Function, commodity planning, development of commodity complexity status, and part-level cost targets. Maintain a roadmap, action plan, and drive gap closure.

Sourcing & Commodity Planning:
Support Functional To4 on cost processes, from Key Commodity Planning to lead receipt and tracking of SAL/CPA to final sign-off of commodity targets with supplier.

Quality Planning & Management:
Develop FMA planning for VHE commodities in alignment with Program content and driven by Functional team analysis. Manage Quality deliverables (RCL, DFMEA, SCCAF, etc) to support Engineering Milestones, ensuring sign-off completion for cross-functional alignment.

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