Software Engineering Manager

The Digital Manufacturing Systems (DMS) team at Ford is building the digital factory of the future—a software-defined manufacturing ecosystem that integrates process, product and production to empower operators and engineers like never before. We operate at the intersection of advanced software, embedded systems, connected hardware, and real-time insights to enable Ford’s transformation into a Virtual First, Connected Factory that closes feedback loops in real time. Our goal is simple: make the operator’s life better while building safer, smarter, and more efficient plants worldwide.   In this role…  

• Building next-generation manufacturing platforms that reduce defects, boost throughput, and enhance safety across Ford’s global factories.
• Design and develop high-performance applications and services for real-time factory orchestration and diagnostics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—embedded systems, hardware engineers, and data scientists—to bring the digital twin of Ford’s factory to life.
• Contribute to real-time insight generation that allows operators and machines to make proactive decisions.
• Participate in developing Ford’s first in-house diagnostics platform for real-time assembly insights.

 

What you'll do…

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable applications and backend services for the workstation within the factory
• Manage a high performing team of application developers and deliver quality software fast and at scale
• Maintain a 50-50 split between management and contributing to the code base through: ideation, design, coding, testing, deployment and support.
• Mentor entry-level and senior engineers, growing their skills and maximizing their impact at Ford.
• Define operational and technical direction for the product, evaluating new technologies or patterns.
• Ensure the team writes clean, testable, and maintainable code in line with industry best practices by being a hands-on leader.
• Maintain your personal skills and actively research best practices in the industry, suggesting new findings.
• Support your team's solutions through the full development lifecycle including production.

 

You'll have…
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 8 years of professional software development experience, including at least 4 years managing a software team, building solutions at scale
• 4 years of experience building full-stack applications in production environments, with proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and backend frameworks including Next.js, Node.js, Python or Go
• 2 years experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL) and API design (REST/GraphQL)
• 1 year experience deploying and maintaining applications in cloud-native environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GCP) 

Even better, you may have..  

• Experience deploying and maintaining applications in a factory or IOT environment
• Exposure to real-time systems or manufacturing data workflows a big plus
• Ability to collaborate effectively with product, design, hardware and project engineering teams

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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, 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
• 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 a leadership level 5.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5SP4 

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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