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Technical Supervisor - Power Controls 
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Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position... 

This role provides handson technical leadership and people supervision across PowerNet 1, PowerNet 1+, and future PowerNet architectures, supporting ICE, FHEV, PHEV, and EV vehicle programs. The supervisor will lead system requirements development, power optimization strategies, validation support, and complex issue investigations, while mentoring and developing engineering talent.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field. or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience in automotive power management, electrical systems, or controls development.

Even better, you may have...
 

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Automotive Systems, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience working with vehicle electrical architecture, including PowerNet systems.
• Handson experience with system requirements development, validation support, and issue investigation.
• Proven ability to lead technical investigations and drive issue resolution across crossfunctional teams.
• Experience supporting quality, warranty, or field issue investigations is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience mentoring or supervising engineers.

Working knowledge of Functional Safety (ISO 26262) principles.
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.
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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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What you'll do...

Key Responsibilities

1. Power Controls Requirements & System Development

• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of Power Controls system requirements for PowerNet 1, PowerNet 1+, and future PowerNet architectures, including 12V and 48V power systems.
• Ensure requirements address vehiclelevel power management across 12V and 48V domains, including load management, voltage regulation, multiple power sources, power transitions, and power availability under all operating conditions.
• Guide engineers in translating system and vehicle requirements into clear control logic, calibration intent, and validation criteria.
• Drive alignment between architecture, controls, software, and hardware teams to ensure robust, scalable, and feasible power system designs.

2. PowerNet Controls Investigations & Optimization

• Lead technical investigations related to PowerNet control behavior, including 12V and 48V system interactions, performance gaps, unexpected system responses, and integration issues.
• Identify and drive power optimization strategies to improve system efficiency, robustness, and vehicle performance, such as: 
  • Load shedding and prioritization strategies
  • Voltage and energy optimization across 12V/48V systems
  • Improved power transition and recovery behavior
• Collaborate with Technical Experts, System Architects, and Program Teams to evaluate tradeoffs and implement optimized control solutions across vehicle programs.

3. Validation Support & Issue Resolution

• Support and guide systemlevel validation activities, including invehicle testing and HardwareintheLoop (HIL) validation for 12V and 48V power systems.
• Lead issue investigations during bench, system, and vehicle validation, including root cause analysis, corrective action definition, and requirement updates.
• Ensure validation learnings are systematically fed back into system requirements, control strategies, and calibration updates.

4. Quality & Field Issue Leadership

• Lead quality investigations related to PowerNet control systems, including warranty, field issues, and campaign prevention activities involving 12V and 48V power domains.
• Drive structured root cause analysis and corrective actions for complex, systemlevel power issues.
• Ensure PowerNet control strategies maintain voltage quality and power availability to safetycritical systems.
• Support the development and maintenance of DFMEA, FMA, and robustness actions in collaboration with systems, quality, and functional safety teams.

5. People Leadership, Mentorship & Development

• Directly supervise and mentor Power Controls engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.
• Build team capability in systems thinking, controls development, validation, and structured problem solving.
• Foster a culture of technical rigor, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support onboarding, training, and knowledge transfer within the Power Controls team.