Seat Complete Manager · Ford Motor Company

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:14:30 GMT
Engineering

Ford Motor Company · Dearborn · $141,700-$268,300 · hybrid

We're making history and transforming the future for our customers, communities, and families. As a Seat Complete Manager at Ford, you'll lead a world-class team of engineers responsible for designing, developing, and delivering seating systems across our vehicle portfolio. Your work will be seen on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams.

In this role, you'll oversee the integration of comfort, craftsmanship, safety, and advanced technology, including heating, ventilation, and massage systems, while ensuring all quality, cost, and weight targets are met. This is a high-visibility leadership role that requires strong collaboration with Studio/Design, Marketing, Purchasing, and Manufacturing to deliver best-in-class interior solutions.

Responsibilities:

Lead the team to achieve all delivery milestones (from KO to Job 1).

Drive engineering solutions that ensure best-in-class J.D. Power "Seat Quality and Satisfaction" results.

Simplify the seating portfolio by reducing the number of unique seat orderable combinations and part-level complexity.

Execute a "Design Once, Use Many" philosophy to identify opportunities for the strategic re-use of frames, motors, and electronic modules across vehicle lines.

Oversee the Design & Release (D&R) of seat structures, foam, trim, and climate systems, ensuring all designs are optimized for both performance and mass-efficiency.

Partner with Studio, Safety, and Manufacturing to ensure seat systems are not only beautiful and comfortable but also highly manufacturable and compliant with global safety standards.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

10+ years of experience in automotive product development, specifically within Interior or Seating systems.

Proven experience managing large-scale budgets and hitting aggressive weight and cost-reduction targets.

Demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex product launches (GPDS).

Benefits:

Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, 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.