# Engineering Project Manager- Systems & Core Architecture **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Allen Park, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $85,400-$192,900 **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/69889?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bbeabe77-d93 ## Description Ford's is at the forefront of the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) revolution. They are reimagining vehicle electrical architecture and software platforms to deliver a streamlined, scalable, platform-first strategy. As an Engineering Project Manager (EPM), you will be the bridge between strategic vision and technical execution. You will drive the delivery of high-quality systems solutions at speed, leading cross-functional strategies that impact their entire vehicle lineup. ## Responsibilities ### Strategic Planning & Domain Leadership - Support strategic objectives and drive planning efforts within your domain, owning feature delivery over mid- to multi-year horizons. - Define project goals and delivery roadmaps, aligning resources with priorities and technology staging while maintaining awareness of industry trends. ### Execution & Delivery - Drive the execution and delivery of work within your domain, managing schedules, backlogs, and identifying immediate dependencies. - Establish and track technical success metrics (KPIs) and use data/dashboards to inform decisions and make progress visible to the organization. ### Communication & Stakeholder Management - Facilitate team alignment to committed work and ensure up- and down-stream dependencies remain synchronized. - Effectively communicate project progress, risks, and health to stakeholders using established frameworks and concise content tailored for leadership. ### Technical Leadership & Influence - Engage effectively with engineers on technical details, understanding architectural implications for project timelines and assessing technical feasibility. - Translate customer requirements into actionable specifications across multiple teams, ensuring the project adheres to established development processes. ### Continuous Improvement & Risk Management - Identify, analyze, and solve problems encountered during execution. Anticipate risks and develop robust mitigation plans and escalation paths. - Lead retrospectives and actively contribute to process improvements through Kaizen practices to ensure the team is operating at peak efficiency. ### Scope & Change Management - Manage the defined scope of deliverables and assess the impact of requested changes on timeline, effort, and quality. - Follow established organizational processes to document and track changes, ensuring all stakeholders are informed of project-level shifts. ## Qualifications ### You'll have... - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar related technical field. or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. - 5+ years of experience in product or feature development across hardware, software, and/or services. - 3+ years working in a technical capacity or closely with engineering teams, with the ability to understand complex engineering architectures. - Familiarity with modern DevOps tools (e.g., JIRA, ADO) and modern software development practices (CI/CD). - Proven experience leading cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Design, QA) through the entire product lifecycle. ### Even better if you have... - Experience with multiple product cycles involving software and services. - A strong command of system design and the ability to lead technical design reviews. - Experience in the automotive industry or with Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) platforms. ## 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 - Computer Science - Electrical Engineering - Computer Engineering - DevOps tools - Software development practices ### Nice to have - System design - Technical design reviews - Automotive industry - Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) platforms --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69889?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)