Battery Cell Manufacturing Manager, Ford Energy

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI • 1h ago

We are seeking an highly experienced Battery Cell Manufacturing Engineering leader to create, lead, and manage engineering teams responsible for the planning, engineering, installing and launch of battery cell manufacturing lines.

This role will play a critical part in industrialize high-performance cell manufacturing systems. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in tooling installation and launch of battery cell manufacturing plants/systems, strong leadership capabilities, and proven experience delivering complex manufacturing programs on time and within investment targets.

Build, lead, and manage battery manufacturing engineering teams to support the design, planning, and launch of battery cell manufacturing lines.

Own the end-to-end delivery of battery cell manufacturing systems, including installation, commissioning, qualification, and production ramp-up.

Define manufacturing concepts, line layouts, equipment specifications, and process flows to meet performance, quality, cost, and safety targets.

Lead cross-functional collaboration with product design, operations, quality, supply chain, facilities, to ensure seamless program execution.

Partner closely with external technology partners, equipment suppliers, and system integrators to ensure manufacturing systems meet technical, investment, and timing requirements.

Establish engineering standards, lessons learnt and documentation to support scalable manufacturing and continuous improvement.

Track program milestones, budgets, and KPIs, and provide clear status reporting to senior leadership.

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Manufacturing, or related field); Master's degree preferred.

8+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, with extensive experience in tooling installation and launch of battery cell manufacturing or high-volume manufacturing systems

Proven experience leading engineering teams and launch complex manufacturing lines from concept through ramp-up.

Experience working with external technology partners and equipment vendors on capital equipment projects.

Strong project management skills with the ability to manage budgets, schedules, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Willingness to travel extensively to equipment suppliers during design/FAT, and to plant during launch.

Prefer understanding of battery cell manufacturing processes, equipment qualification, and production ramp methodologies.

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 5 and ranges from $138,240-261,720.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5 (https://urldefense.com/v3/\_https:/fordcareers.co/LL5\\;!!N\LtwI-RPugbI9wg0dJn!CbjBnFOJEt3O\cUBc1QmVyQ9gsWJrc5wq-TKNchWI9MXIBScXrYG8loCyAH58UrXkohAUrSPtb\\v\yxKQ$)

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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