ADAS Embedded Software Technical Program Manager

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

We are seeking a diligent, detail-driven technical program management professional to support our Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Embedded Software development activities. This involves applying Technical Program Management engineering principles and analytical techniques in support of delivering embedded platform software for the next generation of ADAS ECUs.

 

What you'll do…

• Partner with key stakeholders to define, scope, prioritize, and deliver major ADAS software initiatives that span multiple teams and multiple organizations across Ford. 
• Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of ADAS Embedded Software (hand-coded or MBD-based)
• Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of software tooling and/or support software to advance ADAS product development
• Implement and execute roadmaps, schedules, project plans, and resourcing plans to enable ADAS teams to meet commitments across all customer constituencies
• Lead team members on modern, world-class, software development practices, and precise execution of a technical plan (including management of milestone progress, dependency tracking, risk management, and risk mitigation)
• Lead and interface with cross-functional teams – Systems, Software, Feature, Suppliers, Manufacturing, V&V, and Quality – to define and drive development plans, ensuring on time SW delivery with highest quality
• Apply technical knowledge and capabilities to partner with technical leaders and to drive resolution on technical issues and cross-functional dependencies 
• Facilitate effective communication to drive alignment within the team as well as to a broad stakeholder and leadership community
• Proactively identify and manage project risks, developing mitigations and/or recovery plans in event of project slips
• Efficiently utilize work management tools – Wiki, JIRA, Project Management Tools – to make plans and status visible to leadership and to provide strategic planning options/contingencies

 

You'll have…

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar related technical field
• 4+ years working experience in product or feature development on hardware, software, and/or services
• Experience with managing Agile projects using modern work management tools (ex. JIRA)
• Experience with modern Product Development software development practices
• Strong background in software development and/or managing software projects

 

Ideally you'll have…

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar related technical field
• 7+ years working experience in product or feature development on hardware, software, and/or services
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines (engineering, product, design, testing, quality, etc.) throughout the entire product lifecycle
• Expertise in embedded software development
• Mastery of technical plan development (task identification, task breakdown, timing) for communication to multiple leadership levels of the organization
• Proven ability to clearly communicate program information to stakeholders at various levels of the organization (written and verbal)

 

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 change maker, 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, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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