Product Leader - Camera Experience Features

Ford•Dearborn, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. We bring engineering ideas to life. In ADAS, we make driving more exciting, enjoyable, and safe. Ford’s ADAS team designs and develops features like 360 Camera Visualization, BlueCruise, Autonomous Emergency Braking, Cross Traffic Alert, and Active Park Assist. We are seeking professionals who can contribute to our efforts with experience and passion in the development of features, functions, sensors, ECUs, models, and software. It will likely also involve other elements of the process because we are more interested in adding high quality people to the team than trying to squeeze engineers into a specific role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Computer Engineering or related degree; or foreign equivalency degree, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
10+ years of experience with customer-facing systems based on Cameras
10+ years of experience in ADAS, aerospace, or military system engineering
10+ years of experience with products in mass production
10+ years of proven professional people leadership
Effective communication skills in all facets
Proven leadership of large teams with complex interactions

Nice To Haves

10+ years of professional ‘influencing without authority’
10+ years of experience with Camera Visualization systems
10+ years of experience with Automotive Global Product Development Systems
10+ years of experience with ADAS Perception, Sensing, or Control systems
10+ years of experience with system architecture, design, and documentation
5+ years of experience in professional Project Management leadership

Responsibilities

Act as the Authority of Ford’s end-to-end design, implementation, and validation of camera-based human-visualization Features including: Rear View Camera (FMVSS111), Birdseye 360 and numerous other view experiences on both interior displays as well as off-board devices possible through 360 surround view cameras, including: Off-Road Views, Pro Trailer Views, Offboard Video Streaming, Onboard Video Recording, and more
Collaborate with Product Design and Digital Design teams to define the roadmap and scope of Ford’s Camera Experience Features, including the look and feel we want our customers to experience
Engage with Automotive Safety Office (ASO) and Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to ensure Ford's solutions comply with legal and regulatory requirements, including FMVSS111
Drive the decomposition of the Features and the allocation and orchestration of functionality across Ford’s vehicle domains, including Motion Control, Power Supply, Camera Systems, Cloud Connectivity, and In-Vehicle Infotainment.
Organize and facilitate design reviews with appropriate Technical Experts, Vehicle Architects, Validation Teams, and more to drive robust and reliable solutions to your requirements
Drive continuous improvement in test coverage and test techniques to proactively find and resolve technical issues early in the product development cycle, including simulation and vehicle prototypes
Ensure on-time and on-quality Vehicle Program launches by supporting the Vehicle Program Application teams to effectively deliver and validate the Customer Experiences
Utilize Connected Vehicle data to analyze and assess the ‘real-time’ performance of the Features in our customers’ vehicles to identify robustness and reliability improvement opportunities and drive solutions
Lead investigations of potential issues through problem solving analyses such as 8Ds and 5-Whys including facilitation of experts across the Ford enterprise and present findings and propose solutions to enterprise leadership

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

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