Ford provides unique insights as part of Girls Takeover

For one day, Tatiana, an Imperial College London student, stepped into the shoes of Andrew Brumley, chief engineer for vehicle hardware engineering and head of Ford’s Dunton product development centre in Essex.

Leading the integration of physical and digital attributes on future Transit and Tourneo vehicles, Andrew heads up Dunton Campus which employs over 3,200 engineers and other commercial vehicle specialists.

Electrification and the addition of new software and services to vehicles involve new skills and engineering specialisms that allow, for instance, ‘intelligent EVs’ to utilise data exchanged between vehicle, operator and Ford.

“Today, mechanical engineering graduates like me remain part of Ford product development recruits but are now among programmers and software specialists, data engineers and other skills required for future innovative Transits,” Andrew said, in a statement. “Tatiana brought a glimpse of how my role is emerging, with the valuable insights fresh eyes always bring.”

Tatiana took Andrew’s chair to explore Ford Pro ecosystem, visiting the Ford Liive Centre to understand how data from vehicles on the road is analysed to maximise their productivity, before recommending deeper data use.