Ford Motor Company

PD Supv-PT Calibration

Ford Motor Company • $115K — $218K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • 5+ years of Powertrain Calibration experience with program delivery
  • At least 7 years in the Powertrain field
  • Understanding of vehicle and dyno calibration processes
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Willingness to travel 15%-20% nationwide for 1-2 week durations

Responsibilities

  • Lead global development and release of Powerpack engine calibrations
  • Establish timing and delivery schedules for calibration activities
  • Manage Powertrain calibration deliverables
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver attributes
  • Oversee calibration section during program development and signoff
  • Lead quality activities and roadmap consolidation for Powerpack applications
  • Facilitate resolution of launch-related issues and report outcomes

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, and new parent programs
  • Family-building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases
  • Tuition assistance and paid time off for community service
  • Generous paid holiday schedule, including Christmas to New Year's week
  • Paid vacation time with the option to purchase additional days
Full Job Description
Job Description

Responsibilities

In this position...

The Powertrain Calibration Supervisor leads the team through global development, signoff, and release of engine calibrations for Powerpack applications, overseeing program timing, resources, and quality across cross-functional teams including engine, transmission, vehicle engineering, and EESE. This leader manages program drives, resolves launch-related issues, and reports program health to leadership, while also building team capability through coaching, performance management, and morale-focused initiatives. Success requires strong leadership, the ability to juggle multiple programs simultaneously, and a willingness to travel.

What you'll do...
  • Lead powertrain calibration section to develop, signoff, and release engine calibrations for Powerpack applications globally.
  • Establish timing and delivery of calibration activities in support of programs.
  • Manage all Powertrain calibration deliverables and attributes (Calibration Release Process).
  • Work with engine, transmission, vehicle engineering, VEME, climate control, and EESE to deliver attributes.
  • Lead calibration section during program drives, including development, signoff, and PVP.
  • Lead Quality activities and road map consolidation for Powerpack applications.
  • Establish resource requirements including personnel, travel, and vehicles.
  • Lead launch issue resolution of VoCF, durability and plant incidents and lead report out at new model launch meetings.
  • Report program status in health chart and support Integration Team updates and report out at meetings.
  • Lead pulse improvement initiatives for Section to remove workplace obstacles and improve team morale.
  • Conduct performance reviews and coaching of section personnel and participate in GSR related workgroup discussions.
  • Able to manage multiple issues on multiple programs effectively and efficiently
  • Outstanding leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results
  • Effective coaching and mentoring skills
  • Willingness to Travel 15% - 20% (Nationwide 1 - 2-week duration)

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.

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.

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 with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Minimum of Bachelor degree or equivalent
  • 5+ years experience of P/T Calibration including program delivery through launch and quality feedback
  • Minimum 7 years of Powertrain experience
  • Understanding of both the vehicle and dyno calibration processes
  • Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Willingness to Travel 15% - 20% (Nationwide 1-2-week duration)

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1903
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