Ford Racing Chief Program Engineer

If good is just never good enough for you, Ford Racing shares your passion for striving for perfection. We’re responsible for creating and developing high-performance production vehicles and competition vehicles, which are best in class on-road and off-road. The Ford Racing Chief Program Engineer is a critical leader in delivering one or more of these vehicles within the overall portfolio.

Workload includes managing the product development process using key milestone metrics and resolving cross‑functional issues. Communication with partners across Ford and Supplier organizations to align objectives and manage a timely decision‑making process. Maintain the team’s focus on the product’s key aspects to succeed in the enthusiast marketplace.

What You’ll Do…

• Deliver vehicle program engineering and financial milestones on time with quality.
• Deliver vehicle program financial status for engineering, vendor & facilities tooling and cost.
• Deliver vehicle program supplier sourcing for all new tooled end items, both Ford Racing‑led and core Ford Engineering‑led, on time and matching vehicle program targets.
• Deliver production designs that match the vehicle program’s theme and appearance.
• Deliver a product that meets the established vehicle program marketing targets.
• Support delivery of the vehicle program attribute targets.
• Lead the establishment of optimal assumptions for the customer to vehicle interface, including selection of interior components, HMI, features, and services.
• Deliver the prototype build and the production vehicle launch to standard, meeting the high quality expected by the enthusiast customer.
• Make fact‑based decisions with cross‑functional team support in a timely manner to maintain program objectives.
• Take the lead in the resolution of difficult cross‑functional issues to maintain program objectives.
• Manage a team of program management analysts and function program management engineers to deliver the overall vehicle program via prioritization of critical path tasks.
• Support transfer of technology and methods from vehicle production program to Competition Vehicle and Ford Racing Competition Vehicles to Production Vehicles.
• Deliver technical project presentations to senior management, including results and accomplishments, conclusions and recommendations, and lessons learned.

You’ll Have…

• 10 years of experience in Automotive OEM.
• 5 years of experience in either Vehicle Engineering or Program Management
• Demonstrated experience in leading engineering teams.
• Knowledge of the Automotive full vehicle product concept to the plant build process.
• Engineering MS or MBA equivalent degree or higher
• Prior experience as a Chief or Assistant Program Engineer
• Automotive plant experience, either from launching vehicles or working in a plant engineering team.
• Working understanding of problem‑solving skills, for example, (failure mode and effects analysis, causes, severity, detection methods, and statistical methods)
• Ability to develop clear working‑level documents and management presentations, as well as clear/concise communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several unique tasks simultaneously.
• Ability and willingness to travel to both Ford and supplier locations, domestic and international.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we’ve 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 change maker, 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…