Data Science Engineering Manager

ML & Data Science Engineering Manager

Join Ford's mission to revolutionize automotive manufacturing through innovative, intelligent software. As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you'll be at the intersection of the digital and physical—developing cutting-edge applications that bring data, automation, and intelligence to the factory floor. You'll help build the platforms that power our plants, enabling real-time insights and resilient operations that scale with the future of mobility.

This is a great opportunity to drive the delivery of a key enterprise objective in building Ford's flagship products – bring Innovation in Manufacturing to have significant business impact. You will spearhead Ford's transformation of manufacturing by building the intelligent backbone that will power our factories of the future. As the Engineering Manager for Data Science, you will establish and lead a new, specialized team in Mexico dedicated to creating AI-native infrastructure and processes within our Manufacturing IT ecosystem. Your mission is to harness the power of predictive modeling, machine learning, and real-time data to solve complex manufacturing challenges, drive efficiency, and ensure the quality of our iconic vehicles.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a team that will put its signature on the future of how Ford manufactures vehicles.

Ford is transforming how vehicles are built—from traditional assembly lines to digitally connected, intelligent manufacturing systems. At the core of this transformation is software: enabling smarter decisions, predictive maintenance, real-time process optimization, and seamless data flow between machines, people, and the cloud.

Our teams build modern, scalable applications that blend industrial systems with cloud-native architecture, unlocking value from data streams at the edge to analytics in the cloud. Whether it's reducing downtime, improving quality, or accelerating new vehicle launch readiness, we develop the tools that drive Ford's global operations forward.