Head of Sense Engineering

Collective Hub; Valencia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company's Advanced Industrial Technology and Platforms (ATP) sights a new era of manufacturing excellence in Valencia, Spain. We are building an end‑to‑end Sense platform for AI/ML anomaly detection, spanning Vision and Sense families, delivering CBM and zero‑defect manufacturing.

The role leads the Sense Engineering Team, aligns engineering strategy with enterprise architecture, and partners across cybersecurity and operations to ensure scalable, secure production software across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related technical field.
• Significant hands‑on software engineering background (8+ years) with architecture governance.
• Experience delivering and operating production software, including CI/CD and observability.
• Experience with cloud‑native architecture and industrial protocols (OPC‑UA, MQTT, Modbus).
• Fluent professional English and strong global collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and grow the Sense Engineering Team, setting clear role and development expectations.
• Own the Sense Engineering strategy, roadmap and architectural principles.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, CoreDS, AIR, FPS+, cybersecurity and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, observable and maintainable across cloud, edge and plant environments.
• Drive capacity planning, risk evidence and a sustainable run model with named owners.

Skills

People management

Software engineering

Cloud-native architecture

Global collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/EE

Tools

GCP

CI/CD

OPC-UA

MQTT

Modbus

Job description

Ford Motor Company's Advanced Industrial Technology and Platforms (ATP) sights a new era of manufacturing excellence in Valencia, Spain. We are building an end‑to‑end Sense platform for AI/ML anomaly detection, spanning Vision and Sense families, delivering CBM and zero‑defect manufacturing.

The role leads the Sense Engineering Team, aligns engineering strategy with enterprise architecture, and partners across cybersecurity and operations to ensure scalable, secure production software across