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EDS Ford Champ (Intern)

CompanyFord Motor Company
LocationNaucalpan de Juárez
Work ModeOn Site
PostedSeptember 21, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will collaborate with the EDS Process Team to optimize engineering workflows and maintain the EDS Jira architecture. They will also utilize AI tools and process mapping to drive excellence across the vehicle wire harness lifecycle.
Internship Type
part time
Company Size
185827
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
We don't just make history -- we make the future. Ford put the world on wheels over a century ago, and our teams are re-inventing icons and creating groundbreaking connected and electric vehicles for the next century. We believe in serving our customers, our communities, and the world. If you do, too, come move the world and make the future with us. Ford is a global company with shared ideals and a deep sense of family. From our earliest days as a pioneer of modern transportation, we have sought to make the world a better place – one that benefits lives, communities and the planet. We are here to provide the means for every person to move and pursue their dreams, serving as a bridge between personal freedom and the future of mobility. In that pursuit, our 186,000 employees around the world help to set the pace of innovation every day. Privacy Policy: https://www.ford.com/help/privacy/
About the Role

Ford Champs will allow to get to now different business areas through 12 months, while you improve your skills and become a better professional.

As an EDS Ford Champ, you will be responsible of collaborating directly with the EDS Process Team and the Jira EDS Team inside Product Creation & Industrialization to drive process excellence across the vehicle wire harness lifecycle. You will help elevate the EDS community's work to a higher level of excellence by applying process mapping, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), cutting-edge AI tools, and engineering knowledge to design, create, and industrialize automotive Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS).

Responsibilities

 What you´ll do:

Process & Value Stream Mapping (VSM): Map, analyze, and optimize end-to-end engineering and industrialization workflows for vehicle wire harnesses, identifying efficiency gaps and streamlining delivery cycles.

AI Tool Integration & Workflow Innovation: Apply modern AI tools, prompt engineering, and intelligent automation to assist in process documentation, workflow standardization, and technical decision-making across the EDS ecosystem.

Jira EDS Architecture & Operations: Support the execution and maintenance of the EDS Jira ticket architecture (Program → Milestone → Deliverable), ensuring full traceability, auditability, and alignment with GPDS/PDP milestones.

EDS Process Library & Confluence Management: Maintain, structure, and enrich the EDS Process Library in Confluence—authoring standard procedures, process guides, templates, and RASIC role matrices to serve as the single source of truth.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Community Engagement: Collaborate with internal engineering teams, process leads, and external suppliers to support change management initiatives (e.g., Design Change Requests - DCRs) and promote process adoption.

Metrics, Dashboards & Governance: Monitor process feedback, track improvement requests via Jira dashboards, and create user-friendly onboarding materials and quick-reference guides for the EDS engineering community.

Qualifications

What you´ll need:     

  • Active student from any of the last 2 semesters of Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronic engineering
  • 90% English skills (Oral, reading, writing, and listening)
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
  • Knowledge of or strong interest in Process Mapping, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), and continuous process improvement methodologies.
  • Passion for leveraging AI tools and digital innovation to solve engineering challenges and automate documentation workflows.
  • Basic understanding of automotive Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS), wire harness design, or vehicle product development (GPDS/PDP).
  • Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft SharePoint, or Visio.
  • Proactive mindset, detail-oriented work ethic, and ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional engineering environments.

 

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At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
Ford Product Development is utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification, to smart mobility technologies, our Product Development teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.
Key Skills
Process MappingValue Stream MappingAI ToolsPrompt EngineeringJiraConfluenceElectrical Distribution SystemsWire Harness DesignProduct DevelopmentData AnalysisTechnical DocumentationWorkflow OptimizationCommunicationMicrosoft SharePointVisio
Categories
EngineeringTechnologyManufacturingData & Analytics