UEV Electrical/Software Integration Program Management

Ford, Inc; Allen Park (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Ford in the United States is seeking a Program Manager to coordinate electrical hardware and embedded software readiness for the next-generation UEV platform from concept through production. You will operate in a small, fast-moving team with broad cross-functional exposure, requiring strong program-management skills and enough technical experience to connect teams and drive issues to closure.

This hybrid role supports milestone reviews, production readiness, and governance forums while aligning

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in program management, electrical systems, embedded software, or vehicle program delivery.
• Ability to manage dependencies, risks, issues, and change control for on-time delivery.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and clear program/status reporting.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical hardware and software integration planning across vehicle systems, modules, interfaces, and key program milestones.
• Develop and maintain integrated program timing, deliverables, dependencies, dashboards, and program health reporting.
• Maintain visibility to software releases, hardware/software calibration and validation readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional resolution of integration risks, issues, decisions, and actions to closure.
• Prepare and support milestone reviews, forums, and leadership updates with clear status and risk materials.
• Support prototype builds, launch, and production readiness by aligning hardware, software, calibrations, and configurations.
• Manage electrical hardware and software change-control activities and assess downstream impacts.
• Develop and articulate a clear point of view using data and program priorities.

Skills

Program management

Electrical systems

Embedded software

Systems integration

Validation

Vehicle program delivery

Critical thinking

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Associate degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

In this position…

You’ll help deliver Ford’s next-generation UEV platform by coordinating electrical hardware and embedded software readiness from concept through production.
You’ll work within a small, fast-moving team with broad cross-functional and leadership exposure. The ideal candidate brings strong program-management skills and enough electrical or software experience to connect technical teams, identify risks, and drive issues to closure. This position is open to multiple salary grades, SG5-SG8 depending on experience.

What you’ll do...

• Support electrical hardware and software integration planning across vehicle systems, modules, interfaces, and key program milestones.
• Develop and maintain integrated program timing, deliverables, dependencies, dashboards, and program health reporting to improve visibility and drive on-time delivery.
• Maintain visibility to software releases, hardware and software compatibility, calibration maturity, vehicle configurations, and validation readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional resolution of integration risks, open issues, decisions, and action items among Electrical, Software, Systems Engineering, Validation, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Suppliers, Finance, and Program Management, driving accountable owners and next steps through closure.
• Prepare and support milestone reviews, decision approval forums, program steering meetings, and leadership updates with clear status, risk, and decision materials.
• Support prototype builds, launch, and production readiness by aligning required hardware, software, calibrations, configurations, validation plans, build deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Manage electrical hardware and software change-control activities, assessing compatibility, configuration, validation, sourcing, and downstream timing impacts to protect program quality, cost, and delivery.
• Develop and articulate a clear point of view using available data, technical inputs, and program priorities in a highly collaborative environment.

You’ll have...

• An Associate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Program Management, or a related discipline—or another discipline paired with relevant program management or technical experience.
• At least two years of experience supporting program management, electrical systems, embedded software, systems integration, validation, or vehicle program delivery.
• Strong critical-thinking, analytical, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage detailed technical information, dependencies, and competing priorities independently.
• Knowledge of vehicle development milestones, deliverables, and forward-model program execution.
• Experience managing program timing, dependencies, risks, issues, and change control to support on-time delivery, prototype builds, and production readiness.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and drive issues and actions to closure without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical information into clear program and leadership updates
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements and challenging situations.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to drive decisions and issue resolution and clearly report program status to stakeholders and leadership

Even better, you may have…

• A Bachelor’s of Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Program Management, or a related discipline—or another discipline paired with relevant program management or technical experience.
• Four or more years of experience supporting program management workstreams or major forward-model vehicle programs.
• Experience with vehicle electrical architecture, ECU integration, embedded software releases, calibrations, diagnostics, or over-the-air update processes.
• Prior experience supporting Ford GPDS milestones, gateway reviews, prototype builds, launch execution, or plant vehicle team activities.
• A passion for building new processes, solving complex integration challenges, and helping bring next-generation vehicle platforms to production.

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
• 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grade 5 and ranges from $65,100-$109,300.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

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.

Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

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.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-SS1