Younger colleagues got improvement plans - he says he was fired outright instead
A veteran engineer says Ford fired him five months before a pension milestone - while younger, non-Indian colleagues got the improvement plans he never received.
A former engineer at Ford Motor Company has sued the automaker, alleging he was fired because of his national origin and age and to stop him from reaching an enhanced pension, according to a complaint filed July 21, 2026, in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
The filing says the engineer, who is of Indian national origin and was 59 at the time, worked for Ford for about 33 years as both a contractor and a direct employee. It describes him as holding a master's in mechanical engineering and an MBA, and as a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt who contributed to vehicle programs including the Lincoln LS and the Bronco.
His problems began in early 2024, the complaint alleges, when he was assigned a new supervisor. According to the filing, that supervisor questioned and undermined his work before issuing the worst interim performance review of his career in August 2024 - after supervising him for only a few months. The engineer rebutted the review through Ford's internal system, and the complaint says the supervisor later acknowledged that management had not been fully aware of the full scope of his work. The rating was not revised, the filing states.
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