Ford Motor Company

Technical Program Manager, Closures

Irvine, CA, US

Onsite
Full-time
29 days ago
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Summary

What you'll be able to do: * Drive engineering teams towards containment and resolution of issues raised from design reviews, virtual builds, and build events to protect the program's schedule to prototype build dates, start of production, and ongoing production * Maintain supplier relationships in collaboration with Supply Chain team to ensure timely deliveries for build events * Monitor work outputs and deliverables for potential systems and vehicle incompatibilities and opportunities for greater integration, velocity, and collaboration. * Ensure problems are transparent and risks are identified and proactively ensure that risk mitigating actions are ongoing within relevant engineering teams * Set agenda for key decisions to be made at each meeting to eliminate bottlenecks and retire risks * Support key decisions working cross-functionally across engineering, finance, and strategy to reach the right conclusions You will be working on a small high performing team that will have a high interaction and collaboration quotient to deliver fully integrated EV vehicle interior systems that achieve aspirational targets associated with cost, weight, efficiency, and exceed operational tolerances required to deliver the ambitious project scope. Engineering trade-offs are minimized by the development of solutions and innovations to minimize settling for an inferior product or solution. This team will be highly technical in nature and will come from engineering and data centric team environments that have had to deliver the holistic end to end engineering life cycle from ideation through design, engineering, test and ensuring efficient industrialization. This environment is not for everyone but will enrich the best talent with the opportunity to perform some of the best work of their careers. The minimum requirements we seek: * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience * Detailed knowledge of the product development process from design, development, validation and industrialization * Knowledge of the materials, processes & technologies used to deliver automotive structure systems or equivalent products * Proven experience driving progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines * 5+ years of experience in an automotive product development environment * Experience with Catia V5/6, Confluence, and Jira applications * Strong written and verbal communication skills * An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team * A system approach with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement The minimum requirements we seek: * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience * Detailed knowledge of the product development process from design, development, validation and industrialization * Knowledge of the materials, processes & technologies used to deliver automotive structure systems or equivalent products * Proven experience driving progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines * 5+ years of experience in an automotive product development environment * Experience with Catia V5/6, Confluence, and Jira applications * Strong written and verbal communication skills * An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team * A system approach with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement

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