Body Interior Core Engineering Supervisor - IP​/Console

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In this position...

The Body Interior Core Engineering Supervisor leads a team responsible for developing the technical foundations and advanced engineering solutions for Body Interior systems and components. The role owns functional standards, engineering specifications, design rules, analytical methods, technology strategies, and reusable solutions supporting FoM and FNA programs.

The supervisor drives innovation, technical excellence, and commonality while ensuring concepts satisfy customer, quality, cost, weight, manufacturing, sustainability, and regulatory requirements. The role partners with program teams, Research, Studio, Manufacturing, Purchasing, STA, suppliers, and other engineering functions to mature new technologies and enable robust implementation.

• Establish technical performance standards and priorities for Core Engineering.
• Develop engineers’ expertise through training, mentoring, technical reviews, and hands‑on coaching.
• Maintain technical competency and succession plans aligned with the Body Interior TMM.
• Build subject‑matter expertise in materials, craftsmanship, manufacturing processes, occupant interfaces, and system integration.
• Allocate resources across advanced engineering, standards development, and program support.

• Own and continuously improve Body Interior engineering specifications, SDS requirements, design rules, design guidelines, test procedures, and technical requirements.
• Develop the Body Interior technology strategy and advanced engineering roadmap.
• Identify, evaluate, and mature new materials, processes, features, architectures, and manufacturing technologies.
• Lead concept development, feasibility studies, analytical assessments, prototyping, and validation.
• Define technology maturity criteria and ensure solutions are ready before transfer to vehicle programs.
• Promote reusable architectures, standardized interfaces, common components, and engineering commonality.
• Establish objective engineering methods that translate customer expectations into measurable requirements.
• Benchmark competitive products and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for improved quality, cost, weight, sustainability, and customer experience.
• Capture lessons learned and convert them into updated standards, methods, and requirements.
• Protect intellectual property and support invention disclosures and patent development where appropriate.

• Provide technical direction and escalation support to Body Interior program teams.
• Ensure core solutions support Best-in-Ford and Best-in-Class objectives.
• Lead or support Technical Design Reviews and resolution of complex cross‑functional issues.
• Assess manufacturing and assembly feasibility, robustness, serviceability, and customer performance.
• Support design, release, validation, tooling, build, and launch activities when core expertise is required.
• Review significant engineering changes, deviations, concerns, notices, and alerts affecting functional standards or technology strategy.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer from Core Engineering to Design…