Senior Data Scientist / ML Engineer

Location: Redford, MI, United States; Hybrid

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced Data Manager to architect and scale data mesh within the Manufacturing domain — leading the shift from centralized, plant-by-plant data ownership to a domain-oriented, self-serve data platform where raw data landing in Cloud Platform from plant floor systems (MES, SCADA, PLC, IoT sensors), quality systems, and traceability platforms is transformed into trusted, discoverable, and independently governed data products. This role sits at the intersection of distributed data architecture, engineering leadership, and federated governance — responsible for defining sub-domain boundaries across manufacturing functions, establishing data-as-a-product standards specific to manufacturing data, and building the self-serve infrastructure that empowers plant and manufacturing-function teams to publish and consume trusted data products without routing through a centralized manufacturing data team.