Ford Racing Engineering Supervisor, Additive Manufacturing

Ford Motor Company; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 115,500 - 218,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program for employees

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a leadership-level professional to drive Additive Manufacturing across Ford Racing for both Motorsports and road car programs. You will lead a small team forming a center of excellence to guide D&R engineers through design for manufacturing and product launches, while identifying strategic AM uses to accelerate iterations and reduce tooling costs.

The role emphasizes external collaboration, partnerships, and an entrepreneurial approach to deliver engineering

Qualifications

• Deep Practical Additive Manufacturing experience including design for AM and build-set-up.
• Build execution including machine setup and part production.
• Quality confirmation through post-build scans or measurements.
• Understanding of automotive product development processes and collaboration with engineers.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to make value-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the proliferation of Additive Manufacturing within Ford Racing for Motorsports and road car applications.
• Develop and lead a center-of-excellence for AM technologies to guide D&R engineers through design for manufacturing and product launches.
• Identify strategic uses for AM to speed design iterations or avoid capital spend on production tooling.
• Target specific systems, sub-systems, or components for AM in future programs.
• Coordinate externally-led AM projects and partnerships, serving as single point of contact for partners.

Skills

Design for AM

Build setup

Build execution

Quality verification

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Master of Engineering

Master of Engineering Management

Master of Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Racing is where our story began.

In 1901, Henry Ford climbed into a car he built himself—"Sweepstakes"—and beat America's most famous driver. He wasn't a racer, but he had to win. He did. Ford Motor Company was born from that victory.

That fighting spirit lives on in Ford Racing today. We're the engineers, strategists, and competitors who bring Ford's track-tested edge into every vehicle we build. Every track, every stage, every proving ground—that's where we prove ourselves.

The result: one of the world's most iconic brands, legendary nameplates, and a team unmatched in the industry.

Our mantra: Race to win, engineer to lead.

If you're a competitor, innovator, or performance obsessive, Ford Racing is where you belong. Help us write the next chapter.

In this position...

• Identifying areas within the existing business to utilize Additive Manufacturing to improve timing for development cycles or investment avoidance
• Identifying areas within our future business to utilize Additive Manufacturing to optimize designs for mass or other attributes
• Using specific targeted applications, influence which technologies Ford should invest in or partner on.

What You'll Do...

• You Will Lead The Overall Proliferation Of Additive Manufacturing within Ford Racing on both Motorsports and Road Car applications in the following ways:
  • Strategic Approach To The Business
    • By identifying specific uses for Additive technologies in the organization, grow internal capability by influencing which new Additive Technologies to pursue as a company including purchase of new capital equipment
    • Design the principles to determine which projects and technologies should be pursued by Ford Racing through internal and external capabilities
    • Identify strategic partnerships for equipment and outsourced capability.
    • Develop and deliver on key performance indicators (KPIs) for Ford Racing Additive Manufacturing efforts to appropriately measure growth
  • Drive and Facilitate Ford Racing Internally-Led Projects
    • Develop and lead a small team that will become the center-of-excellence for Additive Manufacturing technologies to guide D&R engineers through the design for manufacturing process and product launch.
    • Near term, work with Design and Release (D&R) engineers and development engineers to identify areas where Additive Manufacturing can help our in-flight programs by speeding up evaluation of design iterations or avoidance of capital spend for production tools.
    • Near term, work with D&R engineers and Architecture team to target specific systems, sub-systems, or components for Additive technologies in the up-front stage of future programs.
    • Longer term, take over coordination efforts of all existing Additive Manufacturing efforts for F1 Powertrain applications.
  • Represent Ford Racing In Externally (Non Ford Racing) Led Projects
    • Be single-point-of-contact for external partners to determine the appropriate involvement for Ford Racing on various corporate initiatives.
    • Coordinate efforts with appropriate program and functional teams as required.
    • Communicate program requirements (functional, timing, financials) to the external partners to ensure a path to success.
  • Travel - Limited in beginning to site visits for benchmarking. Opportunities for more optional travel may exist if desired (supplier or partner visits, etc). All Ford facilities are currently in Southeast Michigan.

You'll have...

• Bachelors in Engineering
• Deep Practical Additive Manufacturing experience including:
  • Design for Additive Manufacturing
  • Build set-up including orientation, support development, and slicing decisions
  • Build execution including machine set-up and part production,
  • Quality confirmation through various post-build scans or measurements
• Practical Design and Release experience for automotive components. Must have basic understanding of the product development process and able to work intelligently with engineers
• Self starter, highly motivated for success
• Passion for winning that will not accept excuses for failure
• Entrepreneurial mindset, able to make decisions based on overall value analysis

Even better, you may have...

• Masters of Engineering and/or Masters of Engineering Management and/or Masters of Manufacturing Engineering
• Previous or current experience leading salary technical personnel
• Extensive knowledge of other (non-Additive) manufacturing technologies for reference when determining whether Additive Manufacturing is appropriate for a particular application
• Enthusiast background, with passion for enthusiast products or motorsports.

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.