Technical Leader Exterior & Structural Systems Casting

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A senior technical leadership role within Structural Castings Vehicle Hardware Engineering responsible for technical content strategy & this role you will serve as the Technical Leader for all casting-related matters ensuring robust design & delivery of components & vehicle systems. This position will lead all technical aspects of Fords global Castings product strategy including product concept development business case approval supplier and internal manufacturing partnerships product development verification & validation launch/sign-off & ongoing support & quality assurance of products in the addition the Structural Casting technical leader will develop & lead professional development of casting team members oversee foundation document creation & enforcement of prevent recurrence guiding development of Structural Casting standardized tools methods & execution.

• The Structural Castings Technical Leader is a recognized & accomplished technical expert who can interface with all levels of management & outside activities on Casting related matters.

• Assist Global Chief Engineer & Casting management in the identification resolution & presentation of department technical strategies objectives mission & values.

• Act as technical architect/leader for Structural Casting function on a global scale.

• Act as technical resource internally & externally on component & vehicle technical support to global teams.

• Recommend develop & verify applications for new & advanced Structural Casting designs.

• Analyze designs during the development process & address any potential failures & errors.

• Lead design of new concepts to improve Structural Casting system performance & provide leadership & support for timely implementation.

• Monitor & investigate new Structural Casting system technologies to develop and maintain company position as industry leader in this field.

• Guide & oversee training mentoring & provide consulting to department engineers supervisors & other interfacing functions.

• Support Campaign Prevent for Structural Casting systems.

• Support CCRG for any Structural Casting matters.

• Provide technical advice to ASO OGC & Design Analysis for any Structural Casting issue.

• Construct & develop simple and complex business cases for various designs & commercial situations tied to casting integration into vehicle structures.

• Guide development of Structural Casting module system tools methods & processes for improved Product Development cycles applying castings.

• Lead development & ongoing maintenance/update of commodity specific standards specifications & verification methods.

• Lead development & deployment of all commodity foundation documents including DFMEAs SCCAFs Boundary Diagrams P-Diagrams DVP&R & integration manuals.

• Lead technical design reviews based on Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA).

• Co-Lead supplier selection & development with Ford Purchasing Manufacturing Strategy office and cross-functional teams.

• Lead & drive prevent recurrence process for Structural Casting systems & components.

• Ability to share & present work to cross-functional teams and executive leadership.

Ability to build strong working relationships with all stakeholders including program teams purchasing manufacturing STA & suppliers.

Youll have...

Bachelors degree in mechanical or metallurgical engineering discipline.
10 years experience in automotive engineering leadership position (or like industry) including direct team leadership responsibility.
5 years engineering experience with high pressure die casting design and manufacturing processes including the secondary operations associated with castings including but not limited to trimming straightening and quality checks.
5 years engineering experience with alloys especially those used for structural castings and advanced light weighting materials and associate joining technologies.
5 years engineering experience leveraging CAE to guide efficient and robust design and system execution.
5 years engineering experience in the creation and application of DFMEAs PFMEAs Control Plans Standards Requirements & Specifications.

Even better you may have...

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

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 builderor 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary grades LL5 .
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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