DTO Supervisor Surface Development

Ford-Motor-Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Supervisor of Theme Surface Development to guide cross‑functional teams through feasibility to final A Surface approval. This hybrid onsite role requires leading tool development, design feasibility and cross‑functional collaborations to maintain emotive direction within the Design Studio.

The position emphasizes thorough execution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery of high‑quality Class A surfaces on schedule, supporting Ford’s design vision and production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years automotive surfacing authoring experience.
• 2+ years CAD experience and data management familiarity.
• Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and present findings.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of Class A surface integrating technical, feasibility, manufacturing and program requirements.
• Guide design surface process from concepts to production surfaces and drive trade‑offs.
• Deliver feasible, high quality Class A surfaces on time to requirements.
• Lead surface development reviews and drive issue closure with stakeholders.
• Publish and drive closure of surface/feasibility critique sheets.
• Create surface proposals to align design vision with stakeholder needs.

Skills

Automotive surfacing experience

Leadership experience

CAD proficiency (Catia V5, 3DX, ICEMSU

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Catia V5

3DX

ICEMSURF

Alias

TCe Data Management

VRED

Unreal

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.

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, you’ll be at the cutting edge of Ford’s most strategically critical work, designing people and society’s 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 Ford's 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 you’ll 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.

You’ll have…

• Bachelor’s 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, you’ll 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 we've 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 builder…or 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 Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $127,100-$239,900.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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 status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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