Diesel Software Planner

Ford • Dearborn, MI

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Diesel Software Planner

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.
In this position...
Diesel Software Planner - lead high performing teams and workstreams required to ensure the on-time software delivery of propulsion controls diesel software. You will work directly with other software planning and integration team members, project control teams, diesel calibration teams, and diesel control software developers to manage the software delivery, integration, and validation plans for all assigned programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years program planning, project management.
• 5+ years experience applying new engineering management, and data analytic tools (e.g. JIRA, Excel, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of Program Management experience in Diesel Controls.
• Solid understanding of Ford Global Product Development System deliverables and reporting processes.
• Proficient and/or ability to quickly learn and apply new engineering management and data analytic tools (Jira, Excel, etc.).
• Experience with Ford's in-house custom software tools (BP, UPS, GTPS).
• Experience with Ford’s in-house software tools (UPS, BP, GTPS).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding Organizational skills.
• Strong team leadership behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and lead the diesel propulsion controls release plans to support program timing and program complexity for assigned programs, in line with Ford program milestones
• Work with Project Controls to understand program timing and program hardware specifications
• Produce feature by phase plan for each release
• Produce application and validation plan for each software release
• Issue Feature Cycle Plan (FCP) requests to feature teams
• Work with validation team to meet validation plan
• Work closely with integration team on plans and bug fixes
• Maintain application planning tools and Jira with up-to-date timing for all assigned programs; drive issues to resolution; keep issue status updated
• Track late program software changes through the diesel change control process and ensure software delivery of approved changes
• Participate in diesel change control board, Agile scrum team meetings, program PMST meetings, and lead software CPMT meetings
• Support bill-of-feature and technical design review process
• Help identify areas to improve software to help Ford meet the highest quality, lowest cost products

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees