Engineering Manager

Ford Motor Company; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible family care days

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a customer-focused Mobile Engineering Manager to lead a world-class team delivering mobile experiences for millions of customers. You will guide technical direction, partner with product owners, designers, and engineering leaders, and raise the bar on quality, scalability, and reliability across iOS and Android platforms.

This leadership level 6 role offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, with visa sponsorship not available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering teams and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of mobile engineers delivering customer-facing applications used by millions of drivers around the world.
• Provide technical leadership from product conception through production, ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-quality mobile experiences.
• Review and provide feedback on product designs, technical architectures, and engineering approaches.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging mobile technologies, tools, and engineering practices.
• Establish standards for technical documentation, code quality, testing, and operational excellence.
• Partner effectively with product managers, product designers, engineering leaders, and other technical experts to align priorities and deliver customer value.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture focused on continuous learning, ownership, and delivering measurable results.

Skills

Mobile engineering leadership

Software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical direction

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Masters degree preferred

Tools

iOS

Android

Job description

We made history, and now we are working to transform the future for our customers, our communities, and our families. You’ll see the impact of your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is responsible for delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven, with a focus on delivering industry-leading experiences for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by collaborating closely, focusing on what matters most, and delivering excellence every day. Join us in building a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...

The Ford App is a world-class, customer-facing mobile application used by millions of customers around the world. We are looking for a customer-centric Mobile Engineering Manager who embraces lean and agile practices and can lead teams in delivering high-quality mobile experiences.

In this role, you will lead and develop mobile engineers while partnering directly and continuously with product owners, designers, and engineering leaders. You will guide technical direction, foster a strong engineering culture, and enable your team to release valuable, reliable, and scalable mobile experiences early and often.

What you'll do..

• Lead and develop a team of mobile engineers delivering customer-facing applications used by millions of drivers around the world.
• Provide technical leadership from product conception through production, ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-quality mobile experiences.
• Review and provide feedback on product designs, technical architectures, and engineering approaches.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging mobile technologies, tools, and engineering practices.
• Establish standards for technical documentation, code quality, testing, and operational excellence.
• Partner effectively with product managers, product designers, engineering leaders, and other technical experts to align priorities and deliver customer value.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture focused on continuous learning, ownership, and delivering measurable results.

You'll Have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering teams and organizations.

Even better, if you have...

• Experience developing or supporting IoT or connected-device products.
• A master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience leading mobile engineering teams and delivering large-scale iOS and Android applications.

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, vision and prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidised 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.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.

For California candidates, this position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.