Sr Staff Technical Program Manager - IVI Platform

Ford Motor • Palo Alto, CA

3d • 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. In this position, you will provide software development process and project management for the RTD team (Real Time Domain) within the IVI Team (In-Vehicle-Infotainment Team), focusing on the Platform aspect of the development. The main topics to cover will be UWB, Bluetooth, NFC, BLE, Power Modding, FuSa items, Ethernet Switch and Cyber Security. You will identify potential risks in development and assess program impact, work with Engineering managers to mitigate risk. You will also be responsible for cross-functional and cross-team coordination and communication to help deliver committed project outcomes. You will work closely with software engineers, system engineers, testing engineers, and product managers throughout the project lifecycle. You will manage project schedules, identify blockers, potential issues and incongruencies, and clearly communicate them to stakeholders. You will lead external vendors on timelines and deliverables and take responsibility for milestone coordination between internal and external releases. You will drive several technical projects across vehicle software domains, helping set priorities for engineering.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• 15+ years of experience in project, program or product management in software.
• 10+ years of experience in software development or testing.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• M.B.A.
• PMP Certification.
• Scrum master Certification.
• Experienced in using JIRA, Jama and Confluence.
• Experience negotiating with hardware and software vendors.
• Experience in Automotive domain.
• Experience in Embedded Software domain.
• Experience in consumer electronics domain.
• Experience in Automotive Infotainment domain.

Responsibilities

• Provide software development process and project management for the RTD team (Real Time Domain) within the IVI Team (In-Vehicle-Infotainment Team), focusing on the Platform aspect of the development
• The main topics to cover will be UWB, Bluetooth, NFC, BLE, Power Modding, FuSa items, Ethernet Switch and Cyber Security
• Identify potential risks in development and assess program impact, work with Engineering managers to mitigate risk
• Cross-functional and cross-team coordination and communication to help deliver committed project outcomes.
• Work closely with software engineers, system engineers, testing engineers, and product managers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage project schedules, identify blockers, potential issues and incongruencies, and clearly communicate them to stakeholders.
• Lead external vendors on timelines and deliverables and take responsibility for milestone coordination between internal and external releases.
• Drive several technical projects across vehicle software domains, helping set priorities for engineering.

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: Senior