Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is seeking a Staff Electrical Systems Technical Program Manager to lead the delivery of complex electrical systems. You will be responsible for guiding cross-functional teams through all phases of the product lifecycle, from concept to production, and ensuring alignment, managing risks, and driving innovation within the electrical hardware systems organization.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for system deliverables end to end including Hardware and Software Integration across platform assets and vehicle milestones with emphasis on features, software and hardware.
• Support Platform System Technical Program Management in delivering on successful Integration of hardware and software across a distributed group of technical owners.
• Define and champion the strategic vision for systems and electronics hardware and software integration, aligning with business objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Represent the Systems organization in cross-functional forums, providing program updates and advocating for team needs.
• Drive issue resolution from design reviews and validation builds to maintain program schedule and production timelines.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software defined ECUs from both in house and supplier developed electrical components and systems, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, and quality targets.
• Partner with teams across the organization to define and drive a multi-year business capabilities roadmap & strategic vision.
• Support key decisions cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy.
• Present information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, ranging from team level meetings to executive briefings and reviews.
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to program success, developing and implementing effective interim containment plans.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience in an engineering setting involving complex systems development.
• 7+ years of experience in product development process from design, development, validation and integration.
• Proven leadership experience in managing technical teams and driving successful program outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise with Jira and Confluence for project management.
• Experience with JAMA for requirements documentation.
• Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project.

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.