Advanced Manufacturing Systems Solutions Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford were all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves

As part of our Manufacturing team youll help build the world-class state-of-the-art smart vehicles were known our plants around the world were constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. Youll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

The Manufacturing Engineering Transformation team is responsible for leading the digital manufacturing strategy and optimizing the software ecosystem used to deliver programs and manage change at the plant. Acting as the bridge between engineering requirements and software development we oversee the full product lifecyclefrom requirements gathering and solution alignment to development prioritization. We validate these planning tools through Stakeholder Demos UAT and Concept Ready pilots ultimately managing deployment and training to ensure successful adoption by the manufacturing workforce.

As an Advanced Manufacturing Systems Solutions Engineer you willoperationalize this strategy delivering solutions that advance Fords digital manufacturing capabilities.

What youll do...

• Develop Requirements: Utilize your experience to lead workshops and interviews with manufacturing engineers industrial engineers plant personnel and leaders to identify opportunities. Translate these business needs into detailed technical requirements and user stories for the development team.

• Solution Alignment:Ensure that proposed digital solutions align with the broader manufacturing strategy existing IT architecture and industry standards.

• Development Oversight and Prioritization:Act as the technical product owner by managing the feature backlog. You will work closely with developers to clarify questions remove blockers and prioritize sprint tasks based on business value and urgency.

• Product Review:Conduct regular reviews of the software solutions during the development phase to ensure the build matches the engineering specifications and quality standards.

• Stakeholder Demo:Lead demonstrations of new features and prototypes to key stakeholders to validate concepts gather immediate feedback and ensure the product is moving in the right direction.

• Project Management: Utilize Jira to manage the product backlog track progress and ensure timely delivery of features.

• Stakeholder Communication:Act as the bridge between software development teams and manufacturing stakeholdersincluding engineers plant personnel and leadershipby clearly articulating project status andsynthesizing technical details.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field

• 5 years of experience in an advanced Manufacturing Engineering environment (automotive aerospace or heavy industry preferred)

• 5 years of experience in creating / maintaining Manufacturing Bill of Material (MBOM) Bill of Process (BoP) and Bill of Equipment (BoE)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with formal product and process Change Management

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

• Strong Project Management skills and results-oriented mindset

• Advanced degree in Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field

• Experience with PLM tools (e.g. Team Center)

• Experience leveraging manufacturing engineering tools for tasks such as human and/or machine time studies process simulations and assembly line balancing

• Experience with requirements assessments issue management PFMEA / Control Plans

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (e.g. Jira)

• Knowledge in the following Ford software systems: FEDE WERS GSPAS/APT

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.


This position is a salary grade 8.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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