Remote Director, Robotics Hardware & Integration

Ford; United States; Remoto; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Ford is seeking a Director, Hardware Engineering & Integration to own ATP hardware design, wiring standards, and the integration method from virtual commissioning to plant handover. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and drive standardization across deployments in the Ford Production System.

You will collaborate with safety, controls, and cybersecurity teams, scale hardware for production, and ensure open interfaces with suppliers and AMR fleets.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Controls Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years in automation, robotics, or industrial equipment engineering, including 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience designing robot cells and end-of-arm tooling and commissioning them in a production environment.
• PLC and controls integration experience (Rockwell, Siemens) and industrial networks (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP).
• Working knowledge of robot functional safety (ISO 10218, ISO 13849) and risk assessment practice.
• Design for manufacture experience, taking hardware from prototype to production.
• Experience leading teams on the plant floor and working with plant leadership through launch.

Mansioni

• Lead design and validation of end effectors, grippers, and tooling for Ford's highest-volume robotic applications.
• Own edge compute hardware and enclosures that connect plant equipment to the Ford platform.
• Build and maintain the RoboGym test cells where third-party robots are qualified against Ford's standard before they reach a plant.
• Set cable and wire-harness standards and build in-house harnessing capability so prototypes reach production quality without repeated rework.
• Set one commissioning method across ATP: risk assessment, virtual commissioning, factory acceptance, site acceptance, and handover to the plant.
• Integrate robots and cells with plant controls (PLC, safety PLC, HMI) and industrial networks (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA).
• Drive down cost and cycle time per deployment through standard designs, reusable controls templates, and lessons-learned loops.
• Train and certify plant and ATP engineers so plants can integrate, program, and maintain ATP technology in house.
• Define what every supplier device must ship with: a driver, a manifest, a data interface to the Ford platform, and safety documentation.
• Align fleet and AMR suppliers to open interface standards such as VDA 5050, and printer and vision suppliers to Ford's device standard.
• Run the qualification path with RoboGym so new equipment is tested once and approved for every plant.
• Write integration terms into sourcing so suppliers carry their share of integration effort.
• Design ATP hardware for manufacture from the start: cost, tolerances, serviceability, and supplier readiness.
• Package designs, documentation, and test plans so TDM builds without redesign.
• Plan volumes and second sources for ATP-owned hardware as deployments grow.
• Make functional safety the first gate for every cell: ISO 10218 for industrial robots, ISO/TS 15066 for collaborative applications, and ISO 13849 for safety-related controls.

Conoscenze

Leadership experience

Automation

Robotics

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Controls Engineering, or a related field

Strumenti

Process Simulate

Virtual commissioning tools

Rockwell

Siemens

PROFINET

EtherNet/IP

Descrizione del lavoro

Ford is seeking a Director, Hardware Engineering & Integration to own ATP hardware design, wiring standards, and the integration method from virtual commissioning to plant handover. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and drive standardization across deployments in the Ford Production System.

You will collaborate with safety, controls, and cybersecurity teams, scale hardware for production, and ensure open interfaces with suppliers and AMR fleets.