查克•格雷

查克•格雷 became 副总统, Vehicle Hardware Engineering, Ford Model e, in September 2022. He reports to Doug Field, chief advanced product development 和 technology officer.

以前, Gray was 副总统, 电动汽车技术, 和, 在那之前, 副总统, Vehicle Embedded Software 和 Controls, leading the development of vehicle embedded software, 车辆控制, embedded connectivity technology, advanced driver assist technologies 和 systems, 和 vehicle cyber security.

在那之前, Gray was 副总统 of Vehicle Components 和 Systems Engineering, central to the company’s commitment to develop Ford 和 Lincoln vehicles with top quality, 燃油效率, 安全, smart technology 和 value for customers around the world.

Gray has also served as director of Ford’s Global Core Electrical team, a position to which he was appointed in 2016. 在这个角色中, he delivered a strategy to modernize the company’s vehicle connectivity, software capability 和 electrical architecture. He’s also led Transmission 和 Driveline engineering, bringing the new 10-speed automatic transmission to customers, along with a new portfolio of 8-speed automatic transmissions 和 innovations including the Focus RS Torque Vectoring System.

Since joining Ford in 1991, Gray has also served as assistant vehicle line director of C-Car programs, based in Shanghai; chief engineer of Electrified Powertrain Engineering; 和 chief engineer of Powertrain Installations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering 和 Management Institute (now Kettering University) 和 a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

He also was appointed to Kettering University’s board of trustees in 2020.