At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.

Do you have the desire to make smart vehicles for an inquisitive world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking User Experience methods, you'll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We're seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and balanced ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to give such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

As a Technical Product Manager working in the In-Vehicle Infotainment and Connectivity group, you will have the responsibility of leading sophisticated engineering projects bring to bear your software development and/or infotainment product release experience. You will lead a cross-function team to develop and maintain various Infotainment software features from conception to release. Our infotainment systems are equipped to handle the use cases of today and those of tomorrow. Our ambitions reach well beyond existing solutions, and we are in search of innovative individuals to join this team.

What you'll be able to do:

• Work with Electrical Systems and Interaction Ergonomics teams in the evaluation/development of core specifications.
• Supervise/lead the software development and implementation of the core specifications within the Agile Development Lifecycle and quality assurance teams.
• Analyze core specifications and decompose requirements into consumable work tasks for developers and testers.
• Ensure teams are aware of key project achievements and deliveries.
• Evaluate incoming feature requests and identify future resource needs based on these requests.
• Quantify feature release quality by evaluating projected software defect rate, number of open defects, etc.

The minimum requirements we seek:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related study.
• 5+ years confirmed experience designing, releasing, or testing software-based consumer or automotive products such as developing functional use cases, test cases, and/or technical requirements
• 2+ years debugging CAN logs

Our preferred requirements:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related study.
• PMP Certification
• 2 years being responsible for an aspect of a project (IE software delivery, test case, and execution)
• Software Testing/QA experience
• Experience working with Agile software development processes (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
• Proven understanding of Jira
• Excellent communications skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and with cross-functional

What you'll receive in return:
As part of the Ford family, you'll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings, and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You'll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we'd love to have you join us.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States permanently. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or protected veteran status.

For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit:
https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2021-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf