Staff Technical Program Manager, Thermals

5 days ago

Palo Alto, California, United States Ford Motor Company Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Program Manager to join our team at Ford Motor Company. As a Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for driving complex problems to completion, working closely with engineering teams to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress.

Key Responsibilities
  • 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 start of production (SOP) and ongoing production
  • Maintain supplier relationships in collaboration with Supply Chain team to ensure timely deliveries for build events
  • Collaborate with engineering teams throughout Ford to leverage existing knowledge, design practices, and validation experience
  • 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
  • Support second or alternative sourcing of key thermal components/sub-systems
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of technical program management, in an engineering setting involving hardware development.
  • Detailed knowledge of product development process from design, development, validation and integration
  • Foundational background in thermal systems components and vehicle-level applications
  • Proven experience driving progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Requirements
  • Experience with Confluence and Jira applications
  • An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team
  • Undergraduate or higher Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on thermal engineering or energy systems.
  • Real-world product development experience using models and testing to design, validate and continuously improve a thermal system used by customers every day.
  • Experience with refrigeration systems (compressors, heat exchangers, valves, sensors, charge and oil management) applied to automotive products.
  • Experience with HVAC design (hardware, control strategies, energy flows within the cabin, glass properties).
  • Familiarity with battery, motor/inverter and electronics thermal/electrical systems.
  • Familiarity using 3D CAD software collaboratively (NX, Catia, 3DX).
About Ford Motor Company

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

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