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Advanced EV Development – Technical Program Manager (TPM), Engineering Tools

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.

Ford Model E is responsible for developing the key technologies and capabilities – such as EV platforms, batteries, e-motors, inverters, charging and recycling – to create ground-up breakthrough electric vehicles. By joining the best software, engineering, design and UX talent, you will be a part of creating new technologies and concepts that can be applied across the Ford enterprise. Being on the Ford Model E team means building the future as Ford’s center of innovation and growth through electric and connected vehicles and services.

As a Technical Program Manager, you’ll use your technical expertise to wholistically drive complex problems to completion. You’ll work amongst the team to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, and manage project implementation.

You will be working on a small high performing team that will have a high interaction and collaboration quotient to deliver fully integrated EV vehicle systems that achieve aspirational targets associated with cost, weight, efficiency, and exceed operational tolerances required to deliver the ambitious project scope. Engineering trade-offs are minimized by the development of solutions and innovations to minimize settling for an inferior product or solution. This team will be highly technical in nature and will come from engineering and data centric team environments that have had to deliver the holistic end to end engineering life cycle from ideation through design, engineering, test and ensuring efficient industrialization. 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.

The minimum requirements we seek:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of technical program management, in an engineering setting involving software
• Strong Data Analytics skills especially with development and programming of dashboards

Preferred Requirements :

• Experience with Microsoft Office, Confluence, and Jira applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team
• A system approach with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement
  

What you’ll receive in return:
As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we would love to have you join us.
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. Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.

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At Ford, the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combatting COVID-19. As a result, Ford has made the decision to require U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless employees require an accommodation for religious or medical reasons. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.

What you’ll be able to do:

• Utilize automation and systems integration to scale product reviews and testing
• Develop, Integrate and program data analytics toolsets and dashboards to monitor team progress and identify constraints and timing gaps
• Administer, develop, and program Confluence, Jira and other Atlassian collaboration tools across Advanced EV teams
• Manage program timelines for technical engineering tool sets across Advanced EV team in support of vehicle programs
• Engineer confluence permissions to support access to engineering requirements, diagrams, drawings, and other renderings necessary for team collaboration and program delivery
• Monitor work outputs and deliverables for potential systems and vehicle incompatibilities and opportunities for greater integration, velocity, and collaboration.
• Manage administration, training, security groups, and data integration for Advanced EV Design tools such as 3DX and other diagram repositories.
• Develop a novel engineering requirements toolset, and enable efficient access to diagrams, drawings and other renderings necessary for team collaboration and development.
• Develop tools to efficiently monitor issue resolution, and identify opportunities for greater integration, velocity, and collaboration across functional teams.
• Lead the creation and development of technical programs and tools that improve engineering efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with the Advanced EV Development team to understand program goals and stakeholder needs, in order to build automated engineering tools and processes that support actionable and prioritized deliverables with minimal oversight.