Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand.
Hourly Warehouse and Packaging Team Member – Temp Full Time – Monroe Packaging Center
Job Description
This job posting is for the Monroe Packaging Center located in Monroe County, MI
Our warehouse and packaging employees perform a wide variety of tasks including, but not limited to, stock keeping (i.e., inventory maintenance), picking customer orders (i.e., locating and obtaining the proper items in specified quantities), preparing shipments of orders to customers, and packaging parts and materials for shipment. You may be required to assembly using power hand tools, hoists, or other equipment and machinery.
Temporary Full-Time employees receive a generous benefits package including Paid Time Off. Temporary Full-Time employees convert to full-time regular employee status upon completion of nine months of continuous service, or as full time needs are identified.
Rate of Pay and Benefits:
Starting wage rate at $21.00 per hour plus applicable shift premiums.
Benefits:
Immediate access to Best-in-Class Company provided healthcare!
The National PPO plan is provided at no monthly premium to the employee.
Prescription Drug Coverage
Life Insurance Coverage – Eligible on first of the month after hire. Basic Life Insurance of $3,000 and Accidental Death and Dismemberment of $1,500
Additional Benefits:
Profit Sharing
Holiday Pay after three months continuous employment
Paid time off after 120 continuous days
Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
Tuition Assistance
Immediate A, X, and Z Plan privileges – Vehicle purchase discount program
Specific benefit details are contained in the 2023 UAW-Ford Collective Bargaining Agreement
Responsibilities
Willingness and ability to work on any assigned schedule, change shifts periodically, work more than 8 hours per day and/or work overtime, while maintaining good attendance. Ability and willingness to learn and follow safety rules and procedures. There may be intervals when full time hours are available and/or required. Overtime compensation will be awarded when applicable. Ability and willingness to learn and follow safety rules and procedures.
Ability to perform manual labor, standing and walking much of the time, and with a certain amount of manual dexterity (the ability to pick up, handle, and manipulate) parts and materials quickly and accurately. Use hand, power tools, or scanners to install parts on vehicles or vehicle components or locating and obtaining parts for customer orders.
Must be able to maneuver into, around, and about vehicles or components on an assembly line, or warehouse when performing stock keeping duties. Tasks may require a certain amount of reaching, twisting, bending, and use of a PMHV or hilo.
Ability to learn, remember, and maintain pace of steps involved in performing a job after instruction, training, and familiarization with the tasks. Ability and willingness to understand and follow instructions, both oral or in writing.
Ability to perceive differences in details, when inspecting parts or work performed, checking for defects or quality issues, or when distinguishing various parts/components by identification number or code.
Ability and willingness to work in a team environment, including helping co-workers, maintaining and promoting a safe work environment, treating co-workers with dignity and respect regardless of personal differences, and accepting and following instructions and requests from leadership.
Qualifications
Successful completion of a pre-employment assessment, drug screen, physical and background check are required. Drug screen panel does not include THC. No interview is required.
Ford Motor Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.
Driveline Planner
Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world — together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
In this position…
- Develop Axle product proposals and strategies to support Global Cycle Plan, including ongoing analysis of future technologies and competitive trends
- Work with GCRS (volumes database) to develop volume summary and other documents to share information with Product Development, Business Office, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing and Finance
- Utilize corporate databases on competitive benchmarking and future technologies to compile relevant information that will aid in product proposals and strategy papers
- Assist by supplying input data (volumes, investment, timing, etc) to cross-functional teams working on Business Cases, Fuel Economy projections and/or CO2 calculations to help ensure that future product plans are aligned with both corporate strategy and regulatory requirements
- Support development of timing plans that streamline engineering development and delivery while delivering quality targets
Responsibilities
What you’ll do…
Lead the Unit Program process by:
- Supporting development of Unit Program proposals that are aligned with PT technologies, platform plans and key corporate strategies
- Lead the Cost Study process, which will include aiding in compilation of the Cost Study Request, coordinating and supporting working-level meetings to confirm Cost Study assumptions and attending Roundtable and Kick-off discussions
- Scheduling working-level meetings with Product Development, Business Office, Manufacturing Engineering, Finance and Purchasing to complete template slides that feed into the final Unit Program milestone paper
- Schedule approval cadence meetings in FRS and through meeting coordinators to ensure review cadence meets Unit Program timing
- Support approval meetings where necessary
- Support Corporate Fitness Initiatives by helping to develop product proposals and strategies that reduce cost and complexity
- Build relationships with cross-functional teams (Engine, Underbody, Purchasing, Finance) while also interacting with other Planning functions (Cycle Plan, Vehicle Planning, P/T Planning) to aid in delivering data/information on time and with high quality
- Opportunity to gain experience in global planning and delivery process due to regular interaction with FoE and AP colleagues
- Opportunity to improve presentation skills by presenting to cross-functional teams and, periodically, presenting to senior leadership
Qualifications
You’ll have…
Minimum
- BS in Engineering (MS/MBA is desirable)
- 5+ Years – Prior experience in Driveline/Axle engineering, PT Planning, PT Manufacturing or Purchasing is desirable
- Ability to set-up, lead and follow-up on cross-functional team meetings
- 5+ Years Product Development Planning knowledge
- Excellent written and communication skills
- High proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
Agile Readiness Manager
Job Description
Agile Readiness Manager
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world — together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Ford is transforming the transportation industry, delivering higher levels of automation, continuously upgradeable performance, and seamless connected experiences. Software, connectivity, and data are the cornerstones of this evolution, delivering the foundational elements by which Ford will drive this evolution. The Readiness Manager sits within the Agile Center of Excellence (CoE) and is responsible for change management that enables the Connected Vehicle Software (CVS) organization to fully adopt agile and modern ways of working. This role will be central to enabling the engineering organization responsible for all software and electronics in all Ford vehicles as we build truly software defined vehicles.
In this role you will lead the training, enablement, communications, and community management portfolio, which brings our agile framework to life for the engineering organization.
Responsibilities
What you’ll do…
- Own, define, document, and lead the readiness management portfolio of training, enablement and communications that support adoption of agile and modern ways of working by the Connected Vehicle Software organization
- Author and maintain a tiered training plan that makes our agile framework accessible, easy to learn, and practical to apply by engineering teams
- Develop and implement a community management strategy that fosters vibrant horizontal and vertical communities of practitioners across CVS to drive ideation, adoption, best practice share, and two-way dialog between the CoE and greater CVS organization
- Partner with peer teams such as Technical Program Management and Tech Strategy to ensure the CoE change plan thoughtfully and accurately represents how the CoE works together with these teams
- Manage the CoE stakeholder matrix to ensure proper and beneficial levels of engagement by CoE members with the rest of CVS
- Create a strategy and framework for communicating frequently and impactfully to the diverse, complex CVS organization
- Provide technical writing and review services to ensure that CoE produced content is clear, concise, consistent, accurate, and easy to consume
Qualifications
You’ll have…
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years of experience as a readiness manager (ie change manager) or similar roles in complex enterprise environments
- Up-to-date change professional certifications (eg CCMP, Prosci, Agile Change Agent, or related)
Even better, you may have…
- Experience as an influential change agent (eg chief of staff or strategy leader)
- Exceptional communication (oral & written) and collaboration skills in cross-functional, diverse environments
- Demonstrated history of leading change and transformation in an industrial or combined hardware and software environment
- Deep knowledge in agile ways of working including agile frameworks, roles and responsibilities, org structures and their unique readiness management requirements
- Persuasive storytelling abilities enabling you to promote your ideas at the highest levels, gain alignment, generate excitement, and instigate momentum in complex matrixed environments
- A hyper collaborative mindset and ability to partner with teams and leaders regardless of level
- Tenacity, grit, and a persistent sense of urgency with a bias for action (even in ambiguous and fluid situations)
Student Worker Program – Junior Software Developer in Test, Embedded Systems
Responsibilities
What you’ll be able to do:
- Create and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate functional, non-functional, and regression testing for embedded software components.
- Contribute Python scripts and libraries to enhance our test automation framework
- Work collaboratively with the development teams to develop and test in tandem, troubleshoot and resolve bugs and issues, and strive for high quality software and functionality through iteration and automation.
- Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability and maintainability.
- Learn and contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes, methodologies, and best practices.
Qualifications
The minimum requirements we seek:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Strong debugging skills and the ability to triage nightly regression failures.
- Experience working with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP32, or any other embedded devkit
- Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++ or other relevant languages used in embedded software development and verification.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with automotive diagnostic tools and testing environments.
- Knowledge of automotive communication protocols (e.g., Classical CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, Ethernet).
- Knowledge of sensing and measurement principles, including analog and digital sensors, signal conditioning, and data acquisition techniques.
- Comfortable working with electrical wiring and troubleshooting, with the ability to read and create basic electrical schematics.