Technical Supervisor – Power Controls

Ford • Dearborn, MI

12h • $115,500 - $218,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role provides hands‑on technical leadership and people supervision across PowerNet 1, PowerNet 1+, and future PowerNet architectures, supporting ICE, FHEV, PHEV, and EV vehicle programs. The supervisor will lead system requirements development, power optimization strategies, validation support, and complex issue investigations, while mentoring and developing engineering talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field. or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience in automotive power management, electrical systems, or controls development.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Automotive Systems, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience working with vehicle electrical architecture, including PowerNet systems.
• Hands‑on experience with system requirements development, validation support, and issue investigation.
• Proven ability to lead technical investigations and drive issue resolution across cross‑functional teams.
• Experience supporting quality, warranty, or field issue investigations is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience mentoring or supervising engineers.
• Working knowledge of Functional Safety (ISO 26262) principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of Power Controls system requirements for PowerNet 1, PowerNet 1+, and future PowerNet architectures, including 12V and 48V power systems.
• Ensure requirements address vehicle‑level power management across 12V and 48V domains, including load management, voltage regulation, multiple power sources, power transitions, and power availability under all operating conditions.
• Guide engineers in translating system and vehicle requirements into clear control logic, calibration intent, and validation criteria.
• Drive alignment between architecture, controls, software, and hardware teams to ensure robust, scalable, and feasible power system designs.
• Lead technical investigations related to PowerNet control behavior, including 12V and 48V system interactions, performance gaps, unexpected system responses, and integration issues.
• Identify and drive power optimization strategies to improve system efficiency, robustness, and vehicle performance, such as: Load shedding and prioritization strategies, Voltage and energy optimization across 12V/48V systems, Improved power transition and recovery behavior.
• Collaborate with Technical Experts, System Architects, and Program Teams to evaluate trade‑offs and implement optimized control solutions across vehicle programs.
• Support and guide system‑level validation activities, including in‑vehicle testing and Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) validation for 12V and 48V power systems.
• Lead issue investigations during bench, system, and vehicle validation, including root cause analysis, corrective action definition, and requirement updates.
• Ensure validation learnings are systematically fed back into system requirements, control strategies, and calibration updates.
• Lead quality investigations related to PowerNet control systems, including warranty, field issues, and campaign prevention activities involving 12V and 48V power domains.
• Drive structured root cause analysis and corrective actions for complex, system‑level power issues.
• Ensure PowerNet control strategies maintain voltage quality and power availability to safety‑critical systems.
• Support the development and maintenance of DFMEA, FMA, and robustness actions in collaboration with systems, quality, and functional safety teams.
• Directly supervise and mentor Power Controls engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.
• Build team capability in systems thinking, controls development, validation, and structured problem solving.
• Foster a culture of technical rigor, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support onboarding, training, and knowledge transfer within the Power Controls team.

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