Supervisor-Foundation Brake Development

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In this position... The Foundation Brake Development Supervisor leads Ford's North American Foundation Brake Development organization and is responsible for the engineering leadership, technical direction, and personnel development of a team of Brake Development Engineers responsible for foundation brake systems across the North American vehicle portfolio.  This position is onsite-non Ford, i.e. Link Engineering in Dearborn.

This position serves as the organization's technical leader for brake system development, testing, problem resolution, and launch sign-off activities. The role provides leadership for vehicle-level brake performance development and acts as Ford's subject matter expert for Brake Pedal Feel while leading the Brake Pedal Feel Technical Design Review process. The position also provides technical direction to purchased-services personnel responsible for physical brake testing activities.

As a leader within a safety-critical, FMVSS- and ECE-regulated discipline, the Foundation Brake Development Supervisor is responsible for exercising engineering judgment, interpreting test results, directing problem-solving activities, and ensuring brake systems achieve quality, timing, cost, customer satisfaction, and regulatory compliance objectives. This position also provides support for Warranty Taskforce investigations, Technical Specialist and Subject Matter Expert activities, Total Value Management initiatives, vehicle launches, field actions, and annual Brake Engineering business planning.

You'll have...Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
10 years of overall automotive product development experience.
5+ years of chassis or brake system development.

Even better, you may have...

-Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration.

-Experience leading engineering teams, technical projects, or complex cross-functional programs.

-Strong understanding of vehicle development processes, validation methodologies, and engineering release systems.

-Experience interpreting physical test data and applying engineering judgment to complex technical issues.

-Knowledge of automotive safety, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

-Proven ability to drive technical decisions and deliver results in a fast-paced product development environment.

-Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.

-Ability to manage multiple priorities across vehicle programs while balancing quality, cost, timing, and performance objectives.

-Direct experience in establishing forward model DVPs including successful milestone delivery and launch.

-Proven experience in tuning brake pedal feel and expert evaluating skills.

-Proven experience in vehicle NVH evaluations (high and low frequency noise).

-Knowledge of or direct experience in D&R brake activities.

-Expertise and experience in delivering flawless FMVSS Compliance Demonstration Reports.

-Vehicle hands-on experience (changing brakes, other mechanic work).

-Experience in flashing EBB units, debugging DTCs and creating…