General Description:

Seat complete engineers are responsible for Design, Release and integrate all components and assemblies for seat systems.

This includes leading and coordinating the development of the various components to meet the system level requirements of design, performance, cost, weight, quality, and craftsmanship, ensuring that the engineering deliverables in our Global Product Development System are met with excellence in support of program timing.

Seat complete engineers are responsible for communicating accurately at different layers of the organization including pairs, managers, chiefs, etc.

Seat complete engineers normally travel to the JIT plant to resolve issues on site, and they are close to the product, especially when building phases start.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Ford Product Development is utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification, to smart mobility technologies, our Product Development teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.

Skills Required for the Position

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.

- 3+ years of experience in the automotive industry. Product engineering or Design and Release engineering experience/background preferred.

- Knowledge of the full product development cycle, including launch experience in at least one vehicle.





- Proficient communication and presentation skills required. Ability to communicate ideas concisely and effectively in verbal and written form, and to all levels of the organization.

- Advanced people skills required. Ability to get solutions and/or recommendations for issues aligned with cross functional teams, and willingness to take accountability of the issue during early stages of resolution. Ability to build effective teams and work relationships.

- Project management skills required. Ability to create and execute timing plans to ensure product delivery. Create and maintain issue resolution trackers to make sure the plans are followed.

- Ability to identify and resolve system problems or issues and make decisions based on data. Experience with problem solving tools such as 8D, root cause analysis, etc.

- Must be available to travel as required in support of the program deliverables (studio collaboration, testing, prototyping,

Specific tasks/responsibilities

- Complete engineering deliverables throughout the complete GPDS (Integral Product Development Process) on time with high quality for all gateways/milestones, from Product definition, Target setting, Supplier sourcing, Engineering development, Validation, and testing, and up to Launch and production stages.

- Lead issue resolution to ensure deliverables are met throughout the various GPDS milestones.

- Lead financial status-to-target for the seat system.

- Lead execution of Target Delivery and Target Confirmation for cost, weight, and quality.

- Lead/support cost process to deliver sourcing packages to the supply base.

- Manage tools and processes to track and follow up engineering and program delivery.

- Provide on-site support for all prototype and pre-production build phases.

- Provide on-site support for vehicle launch through Ok to Buy at Fin

📌 Seat Complete Engineer (México)
🏢 Ford De México
📍 México