Principal Engineering Design

We made history, and now we are working to transform the future for our customers, our communities, and our families. You’ll see the impact of your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is responsible for delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven, with a focus on delivering industry-leading experiences for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by collaborating closely, focusing on what matters most, and delivering excellence every day. Join us in building a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

The Ford App is a world-class, customer-facing mobile application used by millions of customers around the world. We are looking for a customer-centric Mobile Engineering Manager who embraces lean and agile practices and can lead teams in delivering high-quality mobile experiences.

In this role, you will lead and develop mobile engineers while partnering directly and continuously with product owners, designers, and engineering leaders. You will guide technical direction, foster a strong engineering culture, and enable your team to release valuable, reliable, and scalable mobile experiences early and often.

Lead and develop a team of mobile engineers delivering customer-facing applications used by millions of drivers around the world.

Provide technical leadership from product conception through production, ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-quality mobile experiences.

Review and provide feedback on product designs, technical architectures, and engineering approaches.

Evaluate and recommend emerging mobile technologies, tools, and engineering practices.

Establish standards for technical documentation, code quality, testing, and operational excellence.

Partner effectively with product managers, product designers, engineering leaders, and other technical experts to align priorities and deliver customer value.

Foster a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture focused on continuous learning, ownership, and delivering measurable results.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering teams and organizations.

A master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience leading mobile engineering teams and delivering large-scale iOS and Android applications.

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
• 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
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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