DTO Supervisor Surface Development

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Join us in shaping the future of Ford Motor Company as part of a global organization with exceptional colleagues in world-class facilities. As part of Ford Design youll be at the cutting edge of Fords most strategically critical work designing people and societys needs into the heart of our next generation of products services and experiences.

Design Technical Operations turns design vision into reality with an obsession to detail and the art of the possible. As an integral part of Ford Global Design we deliver theme feasibility surface geometry and production-launch appearance quality.

In this position...

As the Supervisor of Theme Surface Development you will guide your team and a cross functional team to deliver A Surfaces that are feasible and maintain the emotive direction of the Design Studio. This role leads program functional and internal studio teams through Fords Design Feasibility (FC) Progression from initial concept feasibility through to final tool-able A Surface approval.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

What youll do...

• Lead the creation of Class A surface with the integration of technical feasibility manufacturing and program requirements into the Design theme and surface to support the development of theme models from concept through final production release of Class A surface
• Lead the Design Surface Process from early concepts to production surfaces including leading studio required deliverables and the balancing of program functional manufacturing and attribute trade-offs for design feasibility progression.
• Deliver feasible design intent high quality Class A surface on time to deliverable requirements.
• Lead surface development reviews within Design and follows up on issues while driving closure. Mediates incompatibilities between design and hardpoints and documents agreements and next steps.
• Compile publish and drive closure of surface and feasibility critique sheets
• Co-create to identify what could be can be & find the win/win solutions that drive alignment around the Design Vision program direction and engineering requirements.
• Create surface proposals to drive team alignment around Design Vision and stakeholder requirements.
• Lead the development of feasibility surface proposals throughout theme and surface development that enable the Design vision
• Support in the delivery of Studio properties supporting the planning content and development.

Youll have

• Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5 yrs. of automotive surfacing authoring with a high knowledge of surface feasibility experience.
• 2 yrs. experience utilizing CAD (Catia V5 3DX ICEMSURF or Alias) and Data Management (TCe).

Even better youll have

• Design articulate with proven experience in Studio procedures Design progression and the FC Process.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and presenting to cross-functional forums.
• Strong understanding of the Class A digital and physical surface verification processes.
• Detail oriented with strong process execution discipline ability.
• High proficiency in CAD (Catia V5 3DX ICEMSURF or Alias) and Data Management (TCe) and visualizationtools (VRED Unreal) with an understanding of polygonal modelling.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:

Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up childcare 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $127100-$239900.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color age sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability status or protected veteran the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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