Manager Wheels, Tires, Jacks

Ford • Dearborn, MI

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About The Position

Lead a department of people responsible for delivering Wheels, Tires, and Jacks globally. Lead Design and Release Engineering, Program Control, Development, & Verification activities. Lead execution and industrialization of internally designed and externally manufactured wheels and jacks and externally designed and manufactured tires. Evaluate vehicle inputs and attribute assumptions, against wheel and tire designs and tradeoffs to achieve best in industry execution, manage system interactions with vehicle. Understands and can lead a team through GPDS program gateways and deliverables, and flex / adjust appropriately to balance risks to delivery in non-standard program timing. Experience in Systems Design, Program Control, Testing, and Component design and delivery preferred. A clear communicator and highly motivated to exceed expectations in a constantly changing product landscape. Understand upfront design, verification plan and methods, and industrialization process. 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 Flexible family care days, 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 A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP1. This position is a range of salary grades LL5. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related degree.
• 5 years of wheel, tire and jack design and release execution through the GPDS process.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Systems Design, Program Control, Testing, and Component design and delivery preferred.
• MS in Mechanical Engineering or related degree.
• Knows the ideal function, noise factors, error states, and control factors specific to wheels and tires.

Responsibilities

• Lead Design and Release Engineering, Program Control, Development, & Verification activities.
• Lead execution and industrialization of internally designed and externally manufactured wheels and jacks and externally designed and manufactured tires.
• Evaluate vehicle inputs and attribute assumptions, against wheel and tire designs and tradeoffs to achieve best in industry execution, manage system interactions with vehicle.
• Understands and can lead a team through GPDS program gateways and deliverables, and flex / adjust appropriately to balance risks to delivery in non-standard program timing.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, 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
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees