Ford Technical Program Manager Embedded Controls 

United States, California, Palo Alto 

798858439

What you’ll be able to do:

• Lead and manage multiple ECU software program activities, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project plans.
• Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Ensure alignment between testing activities and project timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Manage dependencies for the engineering team including procurement of test platforms and equipment in support of test execution.
• Provide guidance to the Embedded Controls team, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Lead internal bug triage meetings where next steps of all open issues are identified and assigned.
• Coordinate with other teams, including hardware, systems, platform software, test, product management, and operations, to align Embedded Controls activities with overall project goals.
• Communicate program status, progress, and issues to stakeholders, including senior management.
• Manage go/no-go meetings where technical merits of all open issues will be reviewed to make a release decision.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements for testing.
• Drive closure to key issues by working with development teams and other TPMs.
• Analyze defect trends and patterns and recommend process improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement of Embedded Controls processes and methodologies, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.