Software Engineering Manager

FCSD is a true one-stop shop, offering comprehensive Diagnostics, Repair & Service Capabilities for a full portfolio of Electrified, Hybrid and Internal combustion vehicles globally.

In this position...

• Provide engineering leadership to multiple product lines within FCSD
• Help business partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and releases.
• Design and deliver industry-leading products and services to maximize value and productivity for commercial customers.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
• Experience 5+ years with progressive responsibilities in Software Engineering, Architecture and Agile Framework.
• Experience 3+ years with building and supporting platform foundation services such as Frontend Gateways, DevOps, Notifications and IAM platforms
• Must be able to operationalize and assist teams with abstract technology concepts.
• Strong communication, collaborative, and influencing skills.
• Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership.
• Strong personal presence and capabilities to resolve technical concerns.
• Experience with cloud services and platform knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to drive development of highly technical technology services and capabilities.
• Experience with Lean methodology & eXtreme Programming.
• Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive API economy and solutions.
• Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive highly available consumer ready Internet properties and technical platforms.
• Experience collaborating with engineers, designers, and product owners.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience.
• Ability to work collaboratively and navigate complex decision making in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.

Even better, you may have...

• Technical expert who has experience building platforms and underlying services for re-use.
• Understands business priorities and technical feasibility to prioritize the platform backlog, identify dependencies, and manage risks.
• Ability to jump in and assist product lines and product teams to resolve technical blockers.
• Focus on delivering product value through reusable services and technologies that other product teams can leverage.
• Initiates or translates the product road map into manageable product features in the backlog through quarterly scoping sessions.
• Work hands-on with the product teams to prioritize, plan, and deliver the platform foundations capabilities.
• Attends FCSD Technology councils and cascades relevant information to appropriate members of their product line.
• Identifies areas within software delivery process and application ecosystem that require cohesion across the platform and addresses them through common engineering policies.
• Assess the technology feasibility of the product group roadmaps.
• Employs and / or champions Agile software processes, culture, best practices, and techniques.
• Actively works to identify and remove / mitigate risks and blockers to product delivery.
• Assesses the overall health of the product and prompts key decisions to move it forward.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like : will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home?

Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including :

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

This position is a salary grade LL6 .

This position is a range of salary grades LL6.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.