Software Engineering Manager - Android Platform
Apply NowCompany: Ford Motor Company
Location: Dearborn, MI 48126
Description:
Job Description
Get Ready to Shape the Future of Automotive Technology!
We are looking for a customer-centric senior software engineer who embraces lean and agile practices to join the Mobile App Engineering team. The Senior Software Engineer, Android will interact directly and continuously with product owners, software engineers and designers, and will release a shippable product early and often. Our portfolio of world-class customer-facing mobile applications includes FordPass, The Lincoln Way, and Ford Pro mobile, which are used by millions of customers around the world.
This is your chance to join a team that's redefining the automotive landscape. If you're ready to take on a challenge that will push your skills to the limit and leave a lasting impact, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for!
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
Lead software engineering teams that deliver end-to-end software products from conception to production for millions of drivers around the world.
Manage and grow software engineers by providing regular mentorship, career coaching, and performance feedback.
Apply advanced concepts, theories, and principles to create multi-disciplinary innovations and solutions for the most complex or risky business situations.
Actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus.
Actively seek to improve the engineering delivery pipeline reducing cycle time and increasing quality and security posture.
Develop and socialize new engineering principles and practices to improve the organization.
Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies.
Provide thought leadership and perspective across multiple organizations to eliminate knowledge silos.
Drive continuous improvement and build a learning organization.
Qualifications
You'll have...
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience
5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in Android mobile applications
2+ years of experience in a leadership role managing people, leading teams, and delivering software products to market
Even better, you may have...
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Previous experience building enterprise scale mobile applications for a large user base, including modern and modularized Android applications
Extensive experience creating architectures which support reactive, distributed, secure, performant, service-oriented systems
Strong verbal and written communications skills with the ability to influence the enterprise
Previous experience in design, development, and support of global software products
Experience in managing cross-functional technical design and delivery dependencies across large scale complex programs
Demonstrated experience with software operations such as (Source Management, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering Observability, Support and maintenance)
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 childcare 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: 2025-benefits-and-comp-LL6-sal-plan-2.pdf
Visa sponsorship is not 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.
#LI-Remote #LI-SJ2
About Us
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.
About the Team
We seek to provide the thought leadership essential to achieving Ford's strategic objectives. We translate insight into action by driving toward robust points of view, timely decisions and responsible allocation of enterprise resources.
Get Ready to Shape the Future of Automotive Technology!
We are looking for a customer-centric senior software engineer who embraces lean and agile practices to join the Mobile App Engineering team. The Senior Software Engineer, Android will interact directly and continuously with product owners, software engineers and designers, and will release a shippable product early and often. Our portfolio of world-class customer-facing mobile applications includes FordPass, The Lincoln Way, and Ford Pro mobile, which are used by millions of customers around the world.
This is your chance to join a team that's redefining the automotive landscape. If you're ready to take on a challenge that will push your skills to the limit and leave a lasting impact, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for!
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
Lead software engineering teams that deliver end-to-end software products from conception to production for millions of drivers around the world.
Manage and grow software engineers by providing regular mentorship, career coaching, and performance feedback.
Apply advanced concepts, theories, and principles to create multi-disciplinary innovations and solutions for the most complex or risky business situations.
Actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus.
Actively seek to improve the engineering delivery pipeline reducing cycle time and increasing quality and security posture.
Develop and socialize new engineering principles and practices to improve the organization.
Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies.
Provide thought leadership and perspective across multiple organizations to eliminate knowledge silos.
Drive continuous improvement and build a learning organization.
Qualifications
You'll have...
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience
5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in Android mobile applications
2+ years of experience in a leadership role managing people, leading teams, and delivering software products to market
Even better, you may have...
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Previous experience building enterprise scale mobile applications for a large user base, including modern and modularized Android applications
Extensive experience creating architectures which support reactive, distributed, secure, performant, service-oriented systems
Strong verbal and written communications skills with the ability to influence the enterprise
Previous experience in design, development, and support of global software products
Experience in managing cross-functional technical design and delivery dependencies across large scale complex programs
Demonstrated experience with software operations such as (Source Management, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering Observability, Support and maintenance)
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 childcare 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: 2025-benefits-and-comp-LL6-sal-plan-2.pdf
Visa sponsorship is not 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.
#LI-Remote #LI-SJ2
About Us
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.
About the Team
We seek to provide the thought leadership essential to achieving Ford's strategic objectives. We translate insight into action by driving toward robust points of view, timely decisions and responsible allocation of enterprise resources.