Ford Motor Company · 2 weeks ago
Technical Program Manager - ADAS SW Platform
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expFord Motor Company is a global leader in the automotive industry, dedicated to building a better world through innovation. They are seeking a Technical Program Manager to support the development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) software, utilizing technical project management skills to ensure successful delivery of software initiatives across multiple teams.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Partner with key stakeholders to define, scope, prioritize, and deliver major ADAS software initiatives that span multiple teams and multiple organizations across Ford
Understand the needs of stakeholders across the product development organization and influence as appropriate to achieve alignment on the prioritized initiatives
Apply technical project planning, management, and leadership for the development and delivery of ADAS 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 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)
Interface with and lead cross functional teams – Systems, Software, Feature, Suppliers, V&V, Quality to define and drive development plans, ensuring on time SW delivery with highest quality
Partner with technical development leaders to create symbiotic relationships that showcase high value in technical leader/TPM matched-pairing through delivery velocity
Utilize technical knowledge and capabilities to assist technical leaders and engineers in resolving dependencies and issues with stakeholders
Help to resolve or facilitate resolution of technical issues
Elevate the visibility of the team – provide regular “push” updates through wiki, Jira, Teams, email, and other communication mediums
Communicate and present project status 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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Controls Engineering
5+ years' experience in SW Program Management in an embedded technical software discipline
5+ years' experience in the usage of industry standard project management tools for product development and delivery (MS Project or equivalent)
2+ years' experience in the usage of the JIRA work management tool or equivalent for product development and delivery
Ability to understand complex technical issues and to present adjusted levels of detail based on target audience
Preferred
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or Controls Engineering
7+ years' experience in SW Program Management in an embedded technical software discipline within the automotive domain
Strong background in embedded software development, understanding of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines (engineering, product, design, testing, quality, etc.) throughout the entire product lifecycle
Expert knowledge of Agile development methods and application
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle methodology
Mastery of technical plan development (task identification, task breakdown, timing) for consumption at multiple leadership levels of the organization
Extensive experience using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, etc), and GitHub source code management tool
Extensive experience using Confluence to develop/maintain rich content wiki pages
Proven ability to communicate program information to stakeholders at various levels of the organization (written and verbal)
Benefits
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.
Company
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