Supervisor - ELMS Web App Development

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Supervisor - ELMS Web App Development

Job ID 70918 Location Dearborn, Michigan Category PD Operations and Quality

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Overview

At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move.

• Job Type: Full time
• Work Type: Hybrid

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We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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... The ELMS Web Applications Engineering Supervisor is responsible for leading the team who designs, codes, tests, releases and supports ELMS for Ford’s VEV organization. Vehicle Evaluation and Verification (VEV) is responsible for testing and verification of Ford’s global vehicles. The Enhanced Laboratory Management System (ELMS) is the locally developed and supported web-based suite of test lab, prototype planning and business applications to facilitate and manage the work performed by VEV. The ideal people leader will apply experience and passion for delivering applications and tools that improve the management of processes and operations with high-quality, reliable data and information.

The most successful candidate will

• Partner with operations teams and process leads to develop and deploy robust solutions: effective, performant and reliable applications and tools that satisfy/support process needs.
• Motivate and assist the team to exercise strong process modelling and coding skills with creativity, resourcefulness, ingenuity and self-motivation.
• Identify the need for and help coordinate the assessment and adoption of updates to technology for the hosting infrastructure and code base supporting ELMS.
• Drive robust and rapid issue resolution that solves for local and global system faults / outages with speed and long-term reliability.
• Ensure 100% compliance to IT Systems Controls per Ford’s Information Security Policy (ISP) requirements as a Business Managed Application/System.
• Adopt a clear architectural view of transaction data in our applications as a valuable and readily available asset for process analytics and insight discovery.
• Promote/facilitate the proper and effective use of AI tools and resources to support the code generation for the applications. Identify and enable AI-based functions as useful integrations to enhance core functionalities and deliver breakthrough capabilities.

What you'll do

ELMS Team Responsibilities

• Deliver Regional and Global expansion of ELMS applications in the test laboratory and business environments. Extend ELMS benefits to new facilities and/or organizations with steadily increasing feature content.
• Investigate opportunities to integrate/automate labor-intensive or disconnected data management/reporting functions and utilize the ELMS environment to deliver substantial quality and efficiency improvements for operations and organizations.
• Work collaboratively with Corporate IT to ensure appropriate levels of independence, integration, and control are established on all systems. Assist with infrastructure/server configuration, maintenance and enhancement. Deliver infrastructure as code in cloud environments.
• Develop reliable and secure connections between the ELMS environment and other Ford Corporate IT or Business Managed systems. Utilize and/or help develop reliable APIs. Provision and populate cloud data repositories.
• Enable efforts lead by other teams who provide test site automation and reporting capabilities for lab performance, metrics generation, and business automation. Includes connections to third-party lab systems.
• Collaborate to update/build shared resources and frameworks that will improve delivery efficiency and enable sustainable growth. Establish best-practices and libraries.
• Develop and expand ELMS system performance and utilization tools to gauge application quality and customer usage to guide future deployment.
• Leverage rapidly evolving web application technologies, including cloud platforms to further improve and modernize the ELMS function/feature set. Utilize AI appropriately and effectively, for the coding activities. Apply AI as an integrated function for automation/logic use cases. Support extension of ELMS into tablet/mobile platforms.

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 (opens in new window)

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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You'll have

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years’ experience with operations management processes and supporting software tools creation and development.
• Familiarity with systems and tools found in domains tangential to prototype build plan and test operations management processes; e.g., finance, purchasing, capital spend, supplier relations, ERP, vehicle program management, PLM-System Requirements, data acquisition systems, real time control systems.
• Experience with the technologies and methods necessary for building effective and robust web applications that support vital transactional processes and workflows.
• Experience leading and developing a diverse team with skills and experience.
• 5+ years’ MS Office Applications experience – Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint
• Experience discerning and defining use cases and the applicable user interfaces through careful process inquiry and analysis. Selecting and assembling user interfaces for robust transactional inputs and workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong familiarity or background applying coding languages / technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, Java, SQL.
• Having a good understanding or direct experience defining or using data structures: various models including relational schemas as well as semi-structured; e.g. JSON data.
• Experience with these technologies are helpful: Git/GitHub, Google Cloud Platform, Miro, Jira, API Design, Authentication and Security models/methods, MS Power BI, MS Power Apps, Mobile App development.

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Support designed to go the distance

From day one, Ford invests in you with medical benefits built to help you plan for what’s next. You’ll also get support for you and your family that meets you at every step, so you can move forward with confidence.

• Health and Wellness Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, mental health, and unique wellness perks keep you and your family supported every step of the way.
• Financial and Retirement Programs Build a strong financial future with robust retirement contributions, savings programs, and free personalized financial planning tools.
• Flexible Vacation and Holidays Enjoy your time away from work with generous vacation, holidays, and flexible family leave designed to help you balance life and work with ease.
• Vehicle Discount Program The best thing about building great products is driving them! The second-best thing: sharing your discount with family and friends so they can drive them, too.
• Family Growth and Support Grow your family confidently with fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance, paid parental leave, and a supportive new-parent ramp-up program.
• Additional Programs Enjoy unexpected extras like pet insurance, legal services, identity protection, and access to convenient health and wellness services.

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Testimonial

Ford gives me the space to innovate, to lead, and to serve — all while staying true to who I am as an engineer, educator, and parent. It’s not just a career; it’s a community that drives change.

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