Ford Motor Company · 8 hours ago
Staff Technical Program Manager - Inverter, Ebox PCBA, FCT, EOL testers
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $234K/yrFord Motor Company is dedicated to building a better world through innovative electric vehicle solutions. The Staff Technical Program Manager will manage power electronics delivery, partner with various teams to define strategic visions, and ensure quality and timely resolution of issues throughout the engineering process.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Manage and deliver power electronics on time
Drive engineering teams towards containment and resolution of issues raised from design reviews, virtual builds, and build events to protect the program’s schedule to prototype build dates, start of production, and ongoing production
Partner with teams at various levels of the organization and from different parts of the business to help define and drive a multi-year business capabilities roadmap & strategic vision
Write detailed product requirements and end to end use cases to be used by engineering & design teams
Act as bridge from the device owners to the controller developers
Collect technical specifications and write interface requirements to match
Manage open issues list for internal and external projects, driving team to close items on time and at a high level of quality
Facilitate and assist the team in creating and maintaining work products including but not limited to design analysis, component derating, functional safety, HW-SW integration
Facilitate data-based decision making on time and with sufficient engineering background
Effectively present information to technical or non-technical audiences ranging from team level meetings through to Executive briefs and updates
Demonstrate functionality of completed products to internal team members and other stakeholders
Develop metrics to assess the success of products and features and determine necessary enhancements
Well-versed in defining roadmaps and delivering with teams that employ agile software development methodologies
Anticipate and manage program(s) risks
Perform trade-offs and identify contingency plan(s) or alternate approaches to mitigate risks and provide strong leadership to team in circumstances where there may be uncertainty or ambiguity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor degree in Electrical, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Expertise with Jira for project management and confluence
Expertise with JAMA for requirement documentation
Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project
Agile and scrum master experience, certification preferred
Proven ability to operate effectively and autonomously in time sensitive situations of extreme ambiguity, with only high-level direction
Ability to craft clear, compelling recommendations supported by strong analysis and business logic, and articulate them to the organization to gain support for recommendations
This candidate must be able to work effectively with globally staffed cross functional teams, manage multiple work tasks simultaneously, and deliver complex object-oriented engineering solutions across a highly integrated landscape
Preferred
Masters degree in Electrical, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Experience with automotive is a plus
Experience with 3DX, SAP is a plus
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
Ford Motor Company
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Founded in 1903
10001+ employees
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