EDS / Power Supply / Hardware TPM

Ford • Dearborn, MI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Success as a Technical Program Manager in our Power Layer requires someone who is centered around product and engineering excellence with a bias for action.
You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; successfully partnering with a wide group of disciplines across the company.
You will own cross-team initiatives, identify best practices and bring your industry experience to bear on a company-wide scale.
You will engage with complex engineering programs, demonstrating leadership and a strong command of the tools and process required to achieve the teams’ goals.
You will lead hardware & software programs in a principled way, and by example when the opportunities arise. You will have consummate communications skills, keeping up- and down-stream dependencies well aligned, and all stakeholders well-informed.
You’re as comfortable writing clear and concise content for leadership as you are leading a system design meeting.

Requirements

• 5+ years working experience in product or feature development on hardware, software, and/or services
• 3+ years working in a technical capacity or working closely with an engineering team
• Familiarity with modern DevOps tools (ie: JIRA, ADO, etc.)
• Familiarity with modern software development practices (continuous integration / continuous deployment)
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines (engineering, product, design, QA, etc.) on high complexity projects throughout the entire product lifecycle
• Experience in developing control systems for low voltage system and/or electrified powertrain systems, such as high voltage battery control and power conversion ECUs.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar related technical field

Responsibilities

• Own feature delivery over mid- to multi-year horizons; manage schedules and backlogs
• Define project goals and delivery roadmaps; align resources with priorities and technology staging
• Establish and track technical success metrics including key performance indicators
• Translate customer requirements into actionable specifications across multiple teams; identify gaps and opportunities
• Define required data sets; analyze and inform impactful decisions for the feature area
• Resolve technical issues; anticipate risk, develop mitigations, lead communications with responsible and stakeholder teams
• Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement through kaizen practices
• Maintain awareness of industry trends and evolving technology practices

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