Engineer - Surge Power Unit Industrialization

Ford México; Naucalpan de Juárez; On-site; MXN 850,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford México is seeking an industrialization engineer to manage the edrive power unit program for a future model vehicle. You will oversee milestone reviews, develop timing plans, maintain program financials, and support component releases in WERS.

The role requires close collaboration with eDrive systems engineers, powertrain teams, and purchasing to ensure on-time delivery and successful model validation. Strong leadership and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional programs in automotive or powertrain domains.
• Ability to develop and manage detailed project schedules and budgets.
• Strong communication skills for status reporting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage milestone cadence within GPDS parameters.
• Lead milestone assessments and papers for on-time approvals.
• Develop and maintain project schedules and financials.
• Coordinate with TPMT and Purchasing to ensure delivery readiness.
• Drive WERS release and eDrive power unit build coordination.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

English communication

Powertrain knowledge

WERS

MS Office

Powerpoint

Excel

FEDE

Global Integrator

Tools

Powerpoint

Excel

WERS

FEDE

Job description

At a high level this position is for an industrialization engineer responsible for program management of an edrive power unit program for a future model vehicle. This job includes managing milestone reviews/signoffs, developing timing plans, maintaining program financials, and supporting component/assembly releases in WERS. This position will work closely with the eDrive systems engineers, eDrive component engineers, powertrain planning, and teams from electrified powertrain engineering. This position would also cover build coordination of edrive power units for both internal testing and vehicle level testing.

• Manage milestone cadence within GPDS parameters
• Lead milestone assessments, report-outs (to Director level), and papers to ensure on-time approvals
• Engage in new business proposals & business cases
• Develop & maintain project schedules
• Lead or support TPMT (Transmission Product Management Team) for responsible commodities
• Act as transmission lead/SPOC in Program PMT meeting
• Collect and enter Integrator assessments
• Provide Finance team support
• Coordinate with Team of Four groups and work with Purchasing to ensure we are on track for delivery
• Drive FMA process to ensure we are on track for delivery to milestones
• Write DRPs and drive for approvals
• Manage BOM/FEDE-BOM
• Support WERS release
• eDrive power unit build coordination

Essential job skills for this role include project management, leadership, analytical thinking, teamwork, organizational skills, problem solving, and attention to details.

Looking for someone motivated to lead and manage their product to success. Self-starter who ideally understands the Ford process and is able to motivate others, identify problems, identify solutions, and communicate project status to upper management.

Specific Abilities, Knowledge And Tools That Would Be Helpful

• Clear and concise communication both written and spoken in English
• Microsoft Office application fluency (Powerpoint, Excel, etc.)
• Powertrain knowledge
• WERS
• Global Integrator
• FEDE

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