Job DescriptionAs a CAD Efficiencies Supervisor, your passion is to be part of movements much bigger than yourself. You will be the liaison between the Engineering Design Global CAD organization and Digital Transformation, Program Production, IT and software vendors working together to drive culture change, manage software testing initiatives, and investigating potential process developments to keep our systems at the forefront. You will lead a dynamic team of visionary developers dedicated to enhancing efficiency of the Engineering Design Global CAD Team. Your leadership will empower our engineering designers to deliver the innovative hardware systems and components that our customers love. You will champion an agile approach to conceptualize, develop, and implement advanced CAD tools and methodologies for CATIA V5 and 3DExperience. Your strategic oversight will directly impact the speed and quality of our world-class vehicle designs by reducing design and release cycles, eliminating redundancies, and enforcing critical standards compliance. This role demands a flexible, adaptable, and inspiring leader, capable of balancing multiple development activities and guiding a team within a rapidly evolving, technologically-driven environment.
This is a pivotal leadership position in CAD standards, processes, and tool development, where your expertise in project management, CAD systems (CATIA V5, 3DExperience), and a deep understanding of engineering design processes will be paramount. You will foster a highly collaborative environment, partnering closely with our Program Production, Digital Transformation, IT teams and software vendors. You will work with customers of CAD Deliverables to ensure our organization provides robust, consumable data that meets their needs. You will be instrumental in guiding Ford Motor Company's digital transformation from our legacy, file-based toolset to a modern, object-based modeling environment. Your priority is to ensure CAD tools, methodologies, and processes are optimized for our modern toolset.
ResponsibilitiesIn this position...- Lead the development and implementation of strategic efficiency projects, fostering collaboration with Digital Transformation, Information Technology, software vendors, and other stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge solutions that enhance CAD development and satisfy CAD Deliverables.
- Champion innovation and strategic ideation for future CAD development processes in 3DExperience, continuously exploring the "art of the possible."
- Collect end-user feedback to define and prioritize process areas for improvement, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Lead the troubleshooting and triage of complex end-user issues related to CAD, PLM, and efficiency tool usage, ensuring timely resolution.
- Manage legacy / CATIA V5 tools, processes, and methods, and guide the up-conversion of CATIA V5 User Defined Features (UDFs), Powercopies, and macros to the 3DExperience platform.
What you'll do...- Oversee the creation, management, and rollout of regional and global procedure documentation, ensuring clarity and adherence to standards.
- Oversee and manage the testing of new releases for 3DExperience, CATIA V5, and Teamcenter.
- Work with Digital Transformation to develop comprehensive training programs and provide expert-level support for efficiency tools and processes to end-users.
- Mentor team members in corporate standards, regional, and global methods, Teamcenter, CATIA V5, and 3DExperience, fostering continuous growth and expertise.
QualificationsYou'll have...- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3 years in a leadership role with experience in project management.
- Demonstrated experience leading efficiency projects, investigating diverse technologies, and strong technical writing skills for methodology documentation.
- Exceptional teamwork and collaboration skills, with a track record of partnering with stakeholders.
- Experience with developing and conducting training, as well as user support.
- Strong participation in continuous development.
Even better, you may have...- Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience with software development using C#, Windows Presentation Foundation, Python, C++/CAA RADE, web development, or 3DExperience widget development.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing in CATIA V5 / Teamcenter / 3DExperience.
- Experience in creating efficiency tools in CATIA V5 / Teamcenter and/or 3DExperience Comprehensive understanding of Ford CAD / GPDS processes, deliverables, and standards.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and tools like Jira in a leadership capacity.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
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.
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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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. #LI-Hybrid
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