Ford Racing Chief Program Engineer

Overview

Ford Racing Chief Program Engineer at Ford Motor Company.

Ford Racing works on high performance production and competition vehicles. The Chief Program Engineer leads the delivery of vehicle programs, ensuring engineering systems and components meet program targets and can be manufactured by a broad supplier base.

Responsibilities

• Deliver vehicle program engineering and financial milestones with quality on time.
• Deliver vehicle program financial status for engineering, vendor & facilities tooling and cost.
• Lead supplier sourcing for all new tooled end items, whether Ford Racing led or core Ford Engineering led, on time and aligned with vehicle program targets.
• Deliver compatible production designs to match the vehicle program theme and appearance.
• Deliver a product that meets 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 interior components, HMI, features and services.
• Deliver prototype builds and production vehicle launch to standard with high quality expected by the enthusiast customer.
• Make fact-based decisions with cross-functional teams in a timely fashion to maintain program objectives.
• Lead resolution of difficult cross-functional issues to maintain program objectives.
• Manage a team of program management analysts and engineers to deliver the overall vehicle program via prioritization of critical path tasks.
• Support transfer of technology and methods from vehicle production programs to Competition and Ford Racing vehicles and to production vehicles.
• Deliver technical project presentations to senior management including results, conclusions, recommendations, and lessons learned.

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This position is leadership level 5. For salary and benefits information, visit Ford Careers. Visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodation for the online application process is available upon request.

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