Exterior Architecture Underbody Systems Supervisor

Jobtailor; Dearborn (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced engineering leader to oversee a team of Underbody Structure Architecture Product Development Engineers. You will drive KPI alignment for quality, cost, weight, and performance across major programs, from concept through launch, ensuring architecture feasibility and program success.

Ideal candidates hold a BS in Engineering with 7+ years in Structures Product Development and a Master's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering and 7+ years in Structures Product Development.
• Experience from concept generation through launch in GPDS.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Master's degree in engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of 4+ Underbody Structure Architecture Product Development Engineers.
• Lead KPI alignment for Quality, Cost, Weight, and Functional Performance on major programs.
• Drive design solutions aligned to program scope, readiness, and affordability targets.
• Mentor teams to deliver robust architecture with defined parameters and on-time milestones.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, suppliers, and other engineering domains to ensure feasible architectures.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Master's degree in engineering (preferred)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of 4 or more Underbody Structure Architecture Product Development Engineers
• Lead & ensure successful alignment of Underbody Structure KPIs including Quality, Cost, Weight & Functional Performance for major programs prior to the Strategic Confirmation milestone.
• Responsible for leading a team of engineers to derive the most efficient underbody structure system design solutions aligned to program scope definition, technology readiness & capability, and affordable program targets for cost and TFLE.
• Lead overall underbody structure systems fundamental design definitions aligned to attribute performance targets and manufacturing feasibility through a systemic analysis of interactions between interfacing components and systems.
• Utilize customer-based data, Quality History, prior issues Prevent recurrence, and reliability & robustness methods to define FMEA action items tied to fundamental underbody architecture execution affiliated with each program.
• Mature underbody structure design from surrogate or concept designs to align with applicable architecture with continuous focus on failure mode avoidance.
• Lead and mentor teams to successfully deliver robust architecture design, with defined fixed and variable parameters, with on-time program milestones with quality.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with Flexible Vehicle Architecture, DTO, Manufacturing, and Supplier partners.
• Interface with all levels of management & outside activities on underbody structure architectural issues.
• Construct & develop relevant business cases for system selection alignment that offer proper support of program and corporate EBIT.
• Act as the business owner with end-to-end responsibility for underbody structure architecture.
• Ability to share & present work with cross-functional teams, Exterior Applications engineering teammates, and executive leadership with professionalism tied to technical data and facts.
• Collaborate with structures core engineering for recent lessons learned via tech club and other forums.
• Responsible for defining architecture design executions that meet/exceed quality targets, such as Safety, NVH, stiffness, and supply-base controls.
• Integrate Structural Systems TVM actions into forward models designs, to avoid post Job 1 design churn for cost reduction.
• Support Team-of-Four forums for design system selection, target derivation and alignment, and supplier sourcing plans that meet quality delivery and timing requirements.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering
• 7+ years of experience in Structures Product Development
• Thorough knowledge of early GPDS and proven skill of deciphering deliverables for Structures commodities
• Program experience from concept generation through launch
• Demonstrated problem solving skills with emphasis on business plan comparisons for different solutions.
• Demonstrated cross functional team collaboration and leadership skills
• Master’s degree in engineering preferred (even better if you have this).