# ADAS Technical Program Manager

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford is pioneering the future of safe, seamless, and scalable automated driving. As the Technical Program Manager (TPM) for BlueCruise & Situational Awareness, you will own the end-to-end delivery of one of Ford’s most well-known hands-free driver assistance system features.

## Responsibilities

### End-to-End Ownership

- Define and maintain the delivery roadmap for BlueCruise and Situational Awareness features from concept through post-launch releases and field monitoring.

- Align roadmaps to critical Platform & Program deliverables, Supplier software integration and validation timelines, and internal development gates.

- Drive solutions to cross-functional, cross-domain risks and dependencies within Ford and with supplier partners.

- Proactively identify integration risks, negotiate trade-offs, and escalate blockers with clear technical context and recommended paths forward.

- Present technical development status, risks, and recommendations to senior ADAS, Platform, and Program leadership.

- Own delivery and health metrics and drive corrective actions with data-backed rationale.

### Systems, Software & V&V Integration

- Serve as the technical integrator across the BlueCruise stack.

- Partner with Systems Engineering teams to ensure requirements traceability, architecture alignment, and interfaces are mature and delivered on-time with quality.

- Drive V&V strategy across HIL, breadboards, and benches to support key roadmap delivery.

- Coordinate with Software Engineering and Supplier partners to manage release strategy and content.

### Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication

- Act as the single point for BlueCruise and Situational Awareness delivery status, risks, and roadmap decisions.

- Translate complex technical trade-offs into clear, actionable insights for engineering leads, platform/program leaders, and cross-functional partners.

- Foster a culture of safety, retrospective-driven action, and continuous improvement across the delivery ecosystem.

## Qualifications

### Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.

- 8+ years of Technical Program/Project Management experience in automotive, ADAS, robotics, or complex embedded software systems.

- Proven track record managing end-to-end delivery of safety-critical systems across systems engineering, software development, and V&V.

- Deep understanding of ADAS architecture, sensor fusion, perception/prediction pipelines, and vehicle control interfaces.

- Experience managing cross-functional dependencies across mechanical, electrical, and software domains without direct authority.

- Strong command of Systems and Software delivery frameworks; experience with Jira and Confluence.

- Exceptional analytical, systems thinking, and executive communication skills.

### Preferred Qualifications

- Master of Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.

- Direct experience with BlueCruise, Super Cruise, comparable SAE Level 2/2+ hands-free systems, or Level 3/4 systems.

- Hands-on exposure to Powertrain and Motion Control integration for ADAS control loops.

- Knowledge of SOTIF (ISO 21448), Cybersecurity (ISO 21434), and Functional Safety (ISO 26262).

- Experience leading program transformation, metrics-driven delivery, or scaling engineering teams in fast-paced tech/automotive environments.

## 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
- Technical Program Management
- ADAS
- Software Development
- Systems Engineering
- V&V

### Nice to have
- BlueCruise
- Super Cruise
- SAE Level 2/2+
- ISO 21448
- ISO 21434
- ISO 26262

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