EV Prototype Build Lead

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a prototype build leader to orchestrate prototype build activities from early concepts to Design Confirmation Vehicles. You will coordinate engineering planning and execution of build events with teams in CA and Dearborn, ensuring timely parts and quality in both planning and execution phases.

You will drive cross-functional coordination across body, chassis, electrical, interior, and powertrain teams, manage schedules, budgets, and supplier deliveries, and report status

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years in automotive or related program/product delivery roles.
• Mechanical vehicle knowledge and fabrication experience.
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy to resolve issues and deliver milestones.
• Experience owning program schedules/timing and driving cross-functional teams to on-time milestones.
• Launch experience delivering prototype vehicle builds through plant implementation.
• Experience with budget tracking and cost management on complex programs.
• Understanding of the prototype build process and verification/validation phases.
• Experience presenting program status and risk to senior leadership.
• Understanding of vehicle systems and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead prototype build execution for an all-new EV program, delivering verification builds ahead of plant implementation.
• Coordinate engineers across vehicle functions to align build timing, technical readiness, and deliverables.
• Own and manage the build timing/schedule to drive on-time milestones and issue reporting.
• Track program budget and cost performance against target, flag risks and drive corrective actions.
• Manage supplier part delivery, timing, and build execution of parts and physical properties.
• Support teams in identifying and resolving geometrical and system-level incompatibilities using first-principles problem solving.
• Present program status, risks, and milestone readiness to leadership in reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks a prototype build leader to orchestrate prototype build activities from early concepts to Design Confirmation Vehicles. You will coordinate engineering planning and execution of build events with teams in CA and Dearborn, ensuring timely parts and quality in both planning and execution phases.

You will drive cross-functional coordination across body, chassis, electrical, interior, and powertrain teams, manage schedules, budgets, and supplier deliveries, and report status