Job Description

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.

Enterprise Connectivity organization is a global team responsible for delivering connectivity, mobility and transportation solutions for our customers through our vehicle lines across retail and commercial businesses.

Advanced Engineering is specialized cross-functional design team responsible for setting the technical direction of products and services leveraging best-in-class connected vehicle ecosystem. Advanced Engineering team works with Research, Strategy, Architecture and Product Teams to feed the product portfolio of Enterprise Connectivity organization.

What you’ll be able to do:

Work with cross feature teams to gain in-depth understanding of complex ecosystem engineering and advanced engineering concepts.
Set expectations, establish process discipline and tailor conversations around established common process with large cross-functional team of senior leaders.
Partner with other Portfolio Integration teams to ensure AE JIRA Portfolio is aligned and seamlessly integrated throughout the initiative lifecycle.
Document system architecture views from white-boarding sessions and present them for team discussion and inputs.
Conduct technical design reviews across multiple initiatives in the advanced engineering portfolio.
Establish cross-functional governance reviews for product feasibility, viability and desirability aspects and drive agenda for governance topics.
Document action items, follow ups and key decisions in the governance meetings and effectively communicate across various teams
Develop internal milestones and plans, including work breakdown structures, activity assignments and project schedules.
Track and report on all advanced engineering initiative against various delivery milestones and project status of the portfolio on weekly basis.
Drive and organize portfolio reviews at an executive level audience on bi-weekly basis.
Drive minimum viable product scope for product feasibility prototypes
Deliver advanced product incubation phases and plans for each phase by working with cross functional teams
Function effectively in a matrix organization.

The minimum requirements we seek:

Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering or a related field of study
7+ years of experience in software delivery management

Our preferred requirements:

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Management or Business Administration
Previous Program Management experience is preferred.
Knowledge of Enterprise IT, Cloud and Mobile App software lifecycle is preferred.
Broad understanding of embedded software design is preferred.
Broad knowledge of software engineering and software component design and software delivery methodology is required.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate through working teams and senior leaders across multiple departments is required.
High degree of self-motivation and willingness to facilitate and participate in technical reviews is required.
Knowledge of CI/CD and portfolio management tools such as JIRA or Rally is required.
Highly proficiency in MS Project, MS Office and VISIO is required.
Strong leadership skills, ability to build relationships and track multiple projects.
Goal oriented, self-starter with ability to work with minimal supervision.
Highly analytical with strong oral and written communication skills: oral/presentation and effective written follow-up and summaries.

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’d 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 may be available for this position.