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The Digital Manufacturing Systems (DMS) team at Ford is modernizing and expanding our stamping software ecosystem. We build, convert, and maintain mission-critical .NET applications that power stamping planning, reporting, quality, and operations. Our charter is twofold: keep today’s solutions reliable for plants worldwide, and systematically modernize them to be more secure, scalable, maintainable, and efficient.
We operate at the intersection of advanced software, embedded systems, connected hardware, and real-time insights to enable Ford’s transformation into a Virtual First, Connected Factory that closes feedback loops in real time. Our goal is simple: make the operator’s life better while building safer, smarter, and more efficient plants worldwide.
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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP2
This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 .
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
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In this position…
You will lead the engineering of Ford’s stamping software solutions built on .NET and Visual Studio. You will modernize legacy applications, convert and extend existing capabilities, and ensure production systems remain stable and valuable to the business. You’ll collaborate with manufacturing engineers, product stakeholders, and data/infra partners to deliver durable software that improves throughput, quality, and operator experience.
What you’ll do Own critical .NET/Visual Studio solutions supporting stamping planning, execution, and reporting Maintain and harden production applications to ensure reliability, security, and performance Convert and extend legacy capabilities (e.g., .NET Framework) toward modern web frameworks (e.g., react) where appropriate Re-architect selected modules for scalability, maintainability, and testability Design and optimize SQL Server schemas, stored procedures, and business logic; perform performance tuning Build and evolve Web APIs and services to integrate with adjacent manufacturing systems Deliver user-facing features in existing web UIs (e.g., ASP.NET MVC/Razor, JavaScript/jQuery) and improve UX consistency Implement robust error handling, logging/monitoring, and diagnostics to accelerate root-cause analysis Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines, build/release automation, and deployment to IIS/Windows Server Package and deploy applications in Ford enterprise environments (e.g., SCCM/MSI) ensuring compliance Contribute to technical direction, code reviews, documentation, and mentoring of other engineers Partner with stamping SMEs and plant stakeholders to translate requirements into durable software designs