page_title: Joe Bakaj
section_title: Ford of Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Bakaj / Career / Ford of Europe
caption_attribution_description: English: Ford 1.6 Ecoboost engine in a 2012 Ford Focus estate Deutsch: Ford 1.6 Ecoboost Motor (Direkteinspritzung mit Turboaufladung, 150 PS) in einem 2012er Ford Focus Turnier.
context_page_description: Joseph Bakaj is an engineer and former Ford executive, previously Vice President Product Development Ford of Europe until December 2018.
context_section_description: In 2000 he was vehicle engineering manager for the Ford Mondeo (second generation).
  From September 2005 he worked in Product Development for Ford of Europe, overseeing the development of the Ford S-Max in 2006, and the Ford Kuga in 2007, and the sixth generation of the Ford Fiesta in 2008.
  In April 2008 he became Vice President of Global Product Programs and of Product Development for Ford worldwide.
  Since 1 November 2013, he has been Vice President of Product Development of Ford of Europe.
  From January 2011 until 2013 he had been Vice President for Powertrain Engineering, overseeing powertrain development worldwide for Ford, mainly the direct-injection turbocharged 1.6 litre and 2.0 litre Ford EcoBoost engines.
  He worked at the John-Andrews Entwicklungszentrum at the Merkenich Technical Centre, Ford Germany in Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia.
  He left the company in December 2018.
caption: Ford Ecoboost 1.6 litre engine in a 2012 Ford Focus
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