# Staff Technical Program Manager, Software Verification & Validation **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Palo Alto, CA **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: staff **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $150,200-$283,500 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/72790?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_31ffb00a-888 ## Description In this role, you will be supporting hardware & software Integration planning, vehicle software integration defect management, and release management for Ford Motor Company. ## Responsibilities ### Program Management - Lead and manage multiple validation and verification activities, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project plans. - Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, and budgets. - Ensure alignment between testing activities and project timelines, milestones, and resource allocation. - Manage dependencies for the engineering team including procurement of test platforms and equipment in support of test execution. - Manage program risks, identify dependencies, and develop mitigation strategies to ensure timely execution of milestones. ### Team Leadership - Provide guidance to the V&V team, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement. - Lead internal bug triage meetings where next steps of all open issues are identified and assigned. - Coordinate with other teams, including development, product management, and operations, to align V&V activities with overall project goals. ### Stakeholder Management - Communicate program status, progress, and issues to stakeholders, including senior management. - Manage go/no-go meetings where technical merits of all open issues will be reviewed to make a release decision. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements for testing. - Drive closure to key issues by working with development teams and other TPMs. ### Continuous Improvement - Analyze defect trends and patterns and recommend process improvements. - Drive continuous improvement of V&V processes and methodologies, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies to optimize efficiency and effectiveness. ### Program Tracking & Reporting - Track and report program status, KPIs, and deliverables to leadership and stakeholders. - Identify risks to program and work cross-functionally though organization to resolve conflicts. - Triage defects resulting from Software integration and lab car testing. - Triage defects from testing outside of Software organization such as various vehicle tests, driver mileage accumulation, etc. ## Qualifications - B.S. or M.S in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering or relevant work experience as a technical program manager in automotive software space. - Minimum of 5 years of experience in program management, with a focus on software development, verification and validation or quality assurance. - Direct experience with automotive and electric vehicles experience preferred. Will consider candidates with experience in similar domains such as aerospace. - Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects in a fast-paced environment. ## Skills - Strong understanding of V&V methodologies, tools, and best practices. - Knowledge of Electric Vehicles and basics on EV architecture. Experience validating software on HILs or other test platforms is a big plus. - Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance practices. - Excellent project management skills, including the ability to create and manage detailed project plans. - Strong understanding of Agile/SCRUM methodologies, and related tools. - Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Proficiency in project management tools and software (e.g., Microsoft Project, Confluence, JIRA). - PMP or other Project Management certifications preferred. - Experience in Defect Management. - Experience in Release Management. ## 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. ## Skills ### Required - V&V methodologies - Electric Vehicles - EV architecture - Software development lifecycle - Quality assurance practices - Agile/SCRUM methodologies - Project management tools - Defect Management - Release Management ### Nice to have - PMP certification - Experience validating software on HILs --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/72790?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)