Staff Powertrain Software Technical Program Manager
Apply NowCompany: Ford Motor Company
Location: Palo Alto, CA 94303
Description:
Job Description
In this position...
As Technical Program Manager, you will use your technical expertise to holistically drive complex problems to completion. You will work with the team to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress.
Ford is seeking an experienced Software Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Powertrain and Motion Controls. The TPM will be responsible for driving the team to meet their committed deliverables as well as working with the engineers, technical leads, and managers across the broader organization to assess risk, communicate status, and drive closure to key issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in automotive powertrain systems and motion controls, excellent project management skills, and experience working with highly cross-functional teams. This environment is not for everyone but will enrich the best talent with the opportunity to perform some of the best work of their careers.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
Coordinate with various controls, systems, and integration engineers to establish feature delivery roadmaps, define key deliverable delivery dates, and tie deliverables to engineering milestones.
Work Right-to-Left to ensure that the vehicle and motor torque controls development plans meet end-user needs, support hardware and system DV test plans, and meet engineering program milestones.
Coordinate with vehicle program management on prototype vehicle and test asset allocation. Ensure engineers have the resources that they need, at the time that they need it, to complete their testing and validation.
Run sprint planning sessions and help organize the engineering task workflow.
Track sprint action items and progress towards engineering deliverables. Report status to engineering management and escalate concerns when necessary.
Work with engineering management to assess team workload management and vocalize resource gaps.
Assist engineering to prioritize work tasks and ensure team progress.
Set the overall sprint timeline, identify and resolve roadblocks.
Qualifications
You'll have...
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Minimum of 5 years program management experience, with focus on automotive powertrain systems software development, verification and validation, or quality assurance
Product launch experience with a vehicle OEM in systems, software, or testing
Experience with automotive powertrain systems is required
Experience working with vehicle motion controls
Experience working with vehicle diagnostics
Experience in Defect Management
Experience with Agile Methodology, CI/CD is required
Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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 changemaker, 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, 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.
This position is a leadership level 6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6SP4
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LI-Hybrid #LI-HA1
In this position...
As Technical Program Manager, you will use your technical expertise to holistically drive complex problems to completion. You will work with the team to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress.
Ford is seeking an experienced Software Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Powertrain and Motion Controls. The TPM will be responsible for driving the team to meet their committed deliverables as well as working with the engineers, technical leads, and managers across the broader organization to assess risk, communicate status, and drive closure to key issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in automotive powertrain systems and motion controls, excellent project management skills, and experience working with highly cross-functional teams. This environment is not for everyone but will enrich the best talent with the opportunity to perform some of the best work of their careers.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
Coordinate with various controls, systems, and integration engineers to establish feature delivery roadmaps, define key deliverable delivery dates, and tie deliverables to engineering milestones.
Work Right-to-Left to ensure that the vehicle and motor torque controls development plans meet end-user needs, support hardware and system DV test plans, and meet engineering program milestones.
Coordinate with vehicle program management on prototype vehicle and test asset allocation. Ensure engineers have the resources that they need, at the time that they need it, to complete their testing and validation.
Run sprint planning sessions and help organize the engineering task workflow.
Track sprint action items and progress towards engineering deliverables. Report status to engineering management and escalate concerns when necessary.
Work with engineering management to assess team workload management and vocalize resource gaps.
Assist engineering to prioritize work tasks and ensure team progress.
Set the overall sprint timeline, identify and resolve roadblocks.
Qualifications
You'll have...
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Minimum of 5 years program management experience, with focus on automotive powertrain systems software development, verification and validation, or quality assurance
Product launch experience with a vehicle OEM in systems, software, or testing
Experience with automotive powertrain systems is required
Experience working with vehicle motion controls
Experience working with vehicle diagnostics
Experience in Defect Management
Experience with Agile Methodology, CI/CD is required
Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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 changemaker, 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, 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.
This position is a leadership level 6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6SP4
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LI-Hybrid #LI-HA1