Victor Condelee
Dearborn
Summary
Dynamic engineering leader with Ford, specializing in quality improvement and vehicle integration. Proven track record in warranty mitigation and process implementation, achieving over $16M in annual cost savings. Adept at team coordination and project management, driving successful launches and enhancing production efficiency across multiple vehicle platforms.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Vehicle Team Supervisor – F-150
Ford
Dearborn
02.2025 - Current
- Supervised an engineering team of eight across all three North American F-150 plants.
- Led PVT activities for underbody (F2) and High Voltage (F3) functions, emphasizing quality improvement.
- Mitigated external warranty issues through proactive analysis and strategic resolution.
- Resolved production and launch challenges by coordinating cross-functional design efforts.
- Implemented process changes to enhance efficiency and product reliability.
- Reduced R/1000 for multiple legacy 'water-level' warranty items across vehicle line.
- Facilitated collaboration among departments to drive engineering design development.
- Managed comprehensive responsibility matrix to ensure accountability in all PVT tasks.
Plant Vehicle Team Supervisor – Medium Duty / Super Duty / Econoline
Ford
Avon Lake
08.2023 - 01.2025
- Plant vehicle team (PVT) engineering supervisor, leading a team of 4 direct reports at the Ohio assembly plant, producing Medium Duty, Super Duty, and Econoline chassis cabs, supplying our Ford Pro customer base.
- Matrix of responsibilities including external warranty mitigation, production and launch issue resolution, cross-functional engineering design development and process change implementation.
- Led all PVT activities for both underbody (F2) and powertrain (F4) functions with a focus on quality improvement.
Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer – Mustang
Ford
Dearborn
12.2019 - 08.2023
- Vehicle integration engineer, progressing development and launch of current and 7th generation Mustang.
- Responsible for vehicle issue resolution and orchestrating vehicle attribute teams in both defining and executing vehicle-level targets that we initiate for the program from through .
- Examiner for program cost save actions amongst all vehicle engineering attribute teams that collectively led to over $16M in annual cost savings and avoidance for the company (based on savings per unit at volume).
- Key role-player providing engineering perspective for media launch events in conjunction with marketing and communications.
- Initiated and oversaw planning, budget, engineering, logistics and mechanic support effort to help ensure that our 2021 Mustang Mach 1 would become the fastest vehicle, under $65,000, around a road course in Car and Driver's 2022 annual Lightning Lap competition at Virginia International Raceway.
Vehicle Integration Engineer – Explorer / Aviator
Ford
Dearborn
07.2018 - 12.2019
- Lead engineer for the Vehicle Integration team at the Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant, spearheading the launch of the all-new 2020 Ford Explorer from pre tool-trial through the final mass production milestone.
- Tasked with step-up role of acting-supervisor, overseeing team of 5 FCGs and 4 PVT employees throughout duration of launch in delivering plant control plan audits on-time and to target.
- Notably completed 13 multi-vehicle drive audits solely performed by a combined VI-PVT engineering team under my leadership.
- Initiator in establishing a new plant process for finishing and vehicles in context of a-typical launch process that utilized separate modification center to build tool-trial and pre-production units away from main production facility.
- Capstone to role, represented Ford North America onsite at the Changan Ford facilities in Hangzhou and Nanjing, China.
- Assisted the China-Ford vehicle engineering and leadership teams with launch of the platform in local market.
- Prepared and evaluated vehicles through multi-day / multi-city R202 and PVP drive events as attribute advisor.
Suspension Design & Release Engineer – Super Duty
Ford
Dearborn
06.2016 - 06.2018
- Held global product design and release (D&R) responsibility for the 2017+ Ford Super Duty front suspension system.
- Component ownership included the front radius arms (4x4 & 4x2 drivetrain complexity), lateral track bars and track bar frame bracket, load jounce bumpers and brackets, Twin-I-Beams & brackets, and all accompanying fasteners and hardware.
- Assertiveness within the role led to an additional 10% weight reduction of each the left and right radius arms which were considered to be a serial-optimized (25+ year old design) component.
Multiple Roles – Ford GT / F-150 / Super Duty
Ford
Dearborn
05.2013 - 06.2016
- Vehicle Development Engineer at Ford Performance (then SVT).
- Program Management Engineer in Chassis during the initial P552 launch.
- Vehicle Engineering/Integration Engineer during P702 launch at KTP.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI12.2013
Skills
- Quality Improvement
- Production Planning
- Engineering Design
- Warranty Mitigation
- Process Implementation
- Vehicle Integration
- Issue Resolution
- Project Management
- Effective Communication
- Team Coordination
- Attention to Detail
- Performance Improvement
- Teamwork Collaboration & Mentoring
Timeline
Plant Vehicle Team Supervisor – F-150
Ford
02.2025 - Current
Plant Vehicle Team Supervisor – Medium Duty / Super Duty / Econoline
Ford
08.2023 - 01.2025
Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer – Mustang
Ford
12.2019 - 08.2023
Vehicle Integration Engineer – Explorer / Aviator
Ford
07.2018 - 12.2019
Suspension Design & Release Engineer – Super Duty
Ford
06.2016 - 06.2018
Multiple Roles – Ford GT / F-150 / Super Duty
Ford
05.2013 - 06.2016
Master of Business Administration -
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
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