Ford Racing Body Engineering Supervisor

Ford • Allen Park, MI

11h • $115,500 - $218,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

In this position, you are a Body Structures & Vehicle Exterior Leader as a subject matter expert set to deliver the most cutting edge design and push the limits of innovation at Ford Racing to deliver the next generation vehicles our customers love! You are expected to be a flexible leader who can balance multiple activities in rapidly changing environment to guide your team through the full engineering development cycle from Pre-program through Launch on an excited new program for Ford Racing! You and your team own the development, authorship, sign-off and maintenance of all foundational engineering decisions from Body structures through exterior ornamentation. You will be building a team to deliver high-quality, low-investment solutions leaning on and working with technical experts in the company to bring new technologies for this exciting new product for Ford Motor Company and Ford Racing to support future architectures.

Requirements

• B.S. in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related physical science field of study
• 10+ years as a Body Exterior Design and Release Engineer or similar experience
• 6+ years’ experience with job responsibilities specific to Body Structures and/or Exterior Ornamentation (Metal stamping, exterior panels, grilles, etc.)
• Demonstrated expert level knowledge of products and supply base, including stampings, assembly, extrusions, castings, joining and regulatory items
• Demonstrated expert level BIW attribute delivery including: Safety, Durability, Corrosion, NVH, TASE, BIW Requirements and others
• Experience in all program phases from Pre-Program through Launch including one major (scale 4-6) program
• Working knowledge of applicable Design, Analysis, Verification, Quality, Manufacturing, and Assembly methods
• Working knowledge and experience with Engineering toolset – FEDE, CAE / CATIA, TCE, 3DX
• Excellent written / verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated track record of strong leadership behaviors
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Demonstrated capability to teach / coach / mentor and document technical knowledge
• Self-starter - ability to work effectively with little oversight

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering or a related physical science field of study
• Experience presenting at Technical Conferences and Publishing Technical Papers
• Patents / Invention, Defensive Disclosures / Trade Secrets and/or Technical Publications
• Experience with Advanced Technology development (GTDS) – particularly advancing mixed material system solutions
• Experience with GPDS and GTDS processes, timing and delivery requirements
• Experience writing DFMEA’s, SCCAF’s, Engineering Specifications, Requirements, Design Rules or equivalent Core documents
• Multiple automotive launches

Responsibilities

• Guide and mentor your team of engineers & subject matter experts (SMEs) to drive speed and innovation to this new product for Ford Racing
• Ideate with cross-functional engineers, designers/studio, and other teams in creating new solutions for Ford Racing on this and future applications
• Lead cross-functional team to innovate, develop and deliver new / strategic designs, leveraging CAE and benchmarking our competition to be industry leading
• Close cooperation with CAE-team in refinement of simulation and correlation methods
• Optimize the concepts and designs with analytical and physical assessments (including generative design tools), ensuring conformation to federal regulations governing assigned systems
• Develop, study and implement novel construction techniques and drive them to production feasibility
• Create component and subsystem design verification plans and test methods
• Enable effective communications with Vehicle Architecture, Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supplier activities to deliver optimal design solutions
• Support presentations of concepts and status to senior management and internally to company personnel
• Lead the Body Exterior design, development, engineering, validation, and certification on a subset of Ford Racing Production vehicles
• Lead the total Body Exterior system integration and program delivery of Quality, Cost, Weight, Function and Timing (QCWFT)
• Lead FSS (Full Service Suppliers) and/or other internal/external resources to deliver subject programs
• Lead development of component & system designs that support vehicle performance targets (key systems include hood, fenders, bumper fascias FR/RR, grilles, vents, splitters, spoilers, ducts, belly pan/diffusers)
• Assure conformance to the Ford Racing DNA all applicable Ford & regulatory requirements
• Develop innovative solutions for performance vehicles

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager