Automation & Controls Engineering Supervisor
Ford Motor Company · Dearborn
Strategic Leadership Mandate
As a senior technical and people leader, you will guide teams and strategic initiatives supporting Vehicle Operations and Powertrain Manufacturing Engineering while partnering across Manufacturing, IT, Product Development, Research and Advanced Engineering, and supplier organizations. Your leadership will help define how Ford designs, validates, deploys, and continuously improves automation and controls solutions across a complex global manufacturing footprint.
This position offers the opportunity to influence the controls engineering agenda for next-generation manufacturing. The successful candidate will lead high-value initiatives tied to uptime, quality, throughput, launch readiness, safety, data enablement, and Zero Fault Forward capability—bringing clarity, discipline, and technical judgment to the systems that keep production moving.
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Drive accountable controls delivery of Powertrain and Final Assembly programs, ensuring disciplined execution across scope, timing, cost, quality, supplier performance, risk resolution, manufacturing readiness, and launch.
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Set direction for strategic controls engineering priorities that improve manufacturing execution, operational reliability, and technical readiness.
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Partner with manufacturing leaders to uncover systemic opportunities, resolve complex issues, and deliver practical, scalable solutions.
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Champion advanced automation, error proofing, data integration, connected manufacturing, and supplier capability development.
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Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing technical team while building durable knowledge systems, standards, and lessons learned.
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Translate field experience into stronger specifications, smarter launches, and more resilient manufacturing systems.