Ford Racing Body Engineering Supervisor

Job Description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll 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.

Racing is where our story began.

In 1901, Henry Ford climbed into a car he built himself—"Sweepstakes"—and beat America's most famous driver. He wasn't a racer, but he had to win. He did. Ford Motor Company was born from that victory.

That fighting spirit lives on in Ford Racing today. We're the engineers, strategists, and competitors who bring Ford's track-tested edge into every vehicle we build. Every track, every stage, every proving ground—that's where we prove ourselves.

The result: one of the world's most iconic brands, legendary nameplates, and a team unmatched in the industry.

Our mantra:
Race to win, engineer to lead.

If you're a competitor, innovator, or performance obsessive, Ford Racing is where you belong. Help us write the next chapter.

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.

What you'll do...

• 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

You'll have...

• 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…