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# Sr Staff Technical Program Manager - IVI Platform

- **Company:** Ford Motor Company
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $167,200.0 - $316,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Confluence, JIRA, Bluetooth, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Embedded Software, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Jama (Software), Network Switches, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/036CB23F3E5A42BF86A1072F81666D75/job/

## About the Role

* B.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

 * 15+ years of experience in project, program or product management in software.

 * 10+ years of experience in software development or testing.

Even better, you may have...

 * M.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

 * M.B.A.

 * PMP Certification.

 * Scrum master Certification.

 * Experienced in using JIRA, Jama and Confluence.

 * Experience negotiating with hardware and software vendors.

 * Experience in Automotive domain.

 * Experience in Embedded Software domain.

 * Experience in consumer electronics domain.

 * Experience in Automotive Infotainment domain.

## Description

* Provide software development process and project management for the RTD team (Real Time Domain) within the IVI Team (In-Vehicle-Infotainment Team), focusing on the Platform aspect of the development

 * The main topics to cover will be UWB, Bluetooth, NFC, BLE, Power Modding, FuSa items, Ethernet Switch and Cyber Security

 * Identify potential risks in development and assess program impact, work with Engineering managers to mitigate risk

 * Cross-functional and cross-team coordination and communication to help deliver committed project outcomes.

 * Work closely with software engineers, system engineers, testing engineers, and product managers throughout the project lifecycle.

 * Manage project schedules, identify blockers, potential issues and incongruencies, and clearly communicate them to stakeholders.

 * Lead external vendors on timelines and deliverables and take responsibility for milestone coordination between internal and external releases.

 * Drive several technical projects across vehicle software domains, helping set priorities for engineering.