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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # VHE System Engineering Team Architecture Manager - **Company:** Ford Motor Company - **Location:** Dearborn, MI, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $110,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Systems Engineering, Building Information Modeling, Data Management - **Published:** October 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us4e66f0a79616eae7e9160341f21a4bb1/eaa ## About the Role * Bachelors Degree in Engineering required. * 5+ years experience in Functional Engineering or Vehicle Engineering * Experience with CAD and CAE tools, ability to interface and manage virtual design data. * Experience in Systems Engineering, Design Thinking and user experience. * Experience with Studio process for early theme development and feasibility assessment. * Demonstrated courage, humility, decisiveness, flexibility, knowledge, and vision. * Proven technical depth and ability to make decisions and balanced trade-offs. * Ability to build strong effective relationships with cross-functional teams (Program, Studio, Purchasing, Finance, Engineering, Manufacturing and Suppliers). * Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple issues effectively and efficiently. * Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload managing immediate and future needs. * Outstanding communication skills (open, clear and inclusive) up to senior management. * Outstanding leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results. * High integrity with effective coaching and mentoring skills. * Availability to travel globally as required * Strong fundamentals and working knowledge of Cost, Appearance, and GPDS processes. * Masters in Engineering or MBA preferred * Demonstrated Production Launch experience * Experience with Electrification and EV commodities, + Dearborn, MI Job Category: PD Operations and Quality Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Job Description: In this position... A senior technical leadership role responsible fo… ## Description * Optimize vehicle environment within SETs to reduce overall part counts, drive toward direct mounting and minimize brackets and fasteners where possible. * Collaborate with Planning, CNE, Marketing, VEM, Supply Chain, and VOME to align vehicle content to ensure competitive, compatible, and efficient lifecycle cost. * Lead SET target setting, through extensive benchmarking and leverage Core team opportunities / technology, using Global Lifecycle Cost Process. * Leverage 3DX PLM platform to manage engineering data centrally, enabling SET to focus on engineering vs data management and reporting. * Advocate for VHE to ensure factory recognition of implications from assumptions change. * Lead Systems Technical Design and Compatibility Reviews to optimize designs, resolve issues, and deliver all Program Milestones on-time / on-target. * Interface with VHE functional leadership to escalate critical technical issues as needed * Champion trade-off decisions to manage design and cost status to balance SET target delivery and co-lead content and attribute proposals with CNE and VEM. * Co-Lead with DTO to manage Studio feasibility and theme progression through D-loop process, enabling Applications engineering delivery in K-Loop process * Collaborate with SET members and external partners for System Level Engineering Sign-Off, In this position... A senior technical leadership role responsible for technical content, strategy & processes. 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