BCM & PDC Software Application Supervisor

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.

In this position, you will lead the global Body Control Module (BCM) and Power Distribution Controller (PDC) software application development and Software Development Life Cycle activities for Gen1/1M, Gen2, Gen3.x BCMs and PDC.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software application engineers; manage resource allocation, performance reviews, and career development to foster a culture of technical excellence and accountability.
• Oversee the end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle for BCM/PDC software applications, ensuring strict alignment with program milestones, quality gates, and platform strategies.
• Lead the software release process for global Core components, utilizing WERS, IVS, JFROG, and other applicable toolchains to ensure smooth, fully traceable software delivery.
• Manage high-level technical relationships with Tier 1 suppliers; handle critical escalations regarding software quality, timeline risks, and commercial/technical trade-offs.
• Oversee Functional Safety (ISO 26262) compliance for the BCM/PDC by ensuring suppliers correctly implement cascaded requirements, and review test reports to verify appropriate ASIL ratings are achieved without issues.
• Ensure Ford Cyber Security standards and protocols are embedded within the ECU’s architecture.
• Enforce compliance with automotive software quality processes (ASPICE) across all internal and supplier deliverables.
• Drive supplier compliance with safety and security deliverables, ensuring technical safety concepts and security requirements are properly cascaded, implemented, and tested.
• Oversee component-specific communications, power moding, power distribution strategies and overall system stability across various vehicle environments.
• Support Design and Release (DR) teams (vehicle-specific sourcing) and participate in the sign-off of component DV testing and vehicle-level testing (PEC/FEC) for launches.
• Maintain core subsystem DFMEA for the BCM and PDC; ensure linkage to subsystem quality documents and FEDE release.
• Act as the escalation point and champion for complex, cross-functional Root Cause Analysis (8D, 5 Whys, 6-Panel) for high-severity software/hardware interaction bugs and launch feedback.
• Demonstrate strong capability in vehicle manufacturing End-of-Line (EOL) processes, actively reviewing EOL data and logs to troubleshoot and promptly resolve plant-level software and integration issues.
• Lead Launch Readiness activities (Hard Rocks, Major Matters, VPATs, EMMs, launch reviews) and ensure regional regulatory alignment.
• Lead BCM feature definitions and configuration releases (Methods 2 and 3); coordinate with cross-functional teams to define behavioral requirements, ensuring alignment with Product Definition Letters (PDL) and regional regulatory requirements.
• Direct DFMEA for BCM/PDC subsystems and assist DR/Suppliers in closing open quality issues, including AIMS, DPAs, and Voice of Customer (VOC) fleet issues.
• Provide technical guidance for problem resolution using CAN data, schematics, and vehicle EDS; apply Interim/Permanent Corrective Actions (ICA/PCA).
• Develop and maintain critical engineering documents such as DFMEA, Software D/PVPR and 6-EYEs Reviews.
• Ensure proper release and tracking of artifacts within Ford quality systems (FEDE, GPDS, Integrator, Jama, DOORS, JFROG, etc.).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 8 years in automotive electrical systems engineering, with hands-on Body Control Module or equivalent complex automotive embedded ECU experience.
• Leadership: Minimum 2 years of experience in a technical leadership or supervisory role, with a proven ability to manage cross-functional teams, coordinate with global Tier-1 suppliers, and manage complex commercial/technical negotiations.

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.