Robotics Staff Product Manager

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As part of our Manufacturing team youll help build the world-class state-of-the-art smart vehicles were known our plants around the world were constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. Youll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

In this position...

Fords Advanced Industrial Technology & Platforms (ATP) team is building scalable robotics products and platform capabilities to reimagine manufacturing across Ford. As a Staff Product Manager Robotics you will set product direction and drive delivery for robotics solutions from discovery through pilot and scaleleading through influence across engineering manufacturing safety quality IT cybersecurity and suppliers.

What youll do...

• Set the product strategy and multi-release roadmap for ATP robotics balancing immediate operational wins with platform scalability and long-term architecture.
• Lead discovery with plant and operations partners to identify high-value use cases; define personas workflows constraints and measurable outcomes.
• Own the creation and quality of product requirements (PRDs user stories acceptance criteria) ensuring they span robotics behavior integration safety and operational readiness.
• Drive cross-functional execution with engineering: prioritize backlogs define MVP scope manage tradeoffs and deliver releases that perform in real industrial environments.
• Define and monitor product KPIs such as uptime/availability MTTR throughput and cycle-time impact deployment lead time safety incident reduction and total cost of ownership.
• Lead pilot-to-scale planning: site selection rollout playbooks training support model and post-deployment iteration based on telemetry and operator feedback.
• Influence technical and business decisions across stakeholdersaligning on architecture choices sourcing approaches and operating model (support monitoring maintenance).
• Partner with Purchasing and suppliers to evaluate solutions and shape vendor roadmaps; establish clear performance expectations and accountability mechanisms.
• Create a forward path for platform evolution (e.g. vision-guided navigation) while ensuring todays decisions dont block tomorrows capabilities.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Engineering OR Computer Science.
• 8 years of experience in product management and/or technical delivery for complex technical products (hardware/software/system operational deployment).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and align cross-functional teams at scale driving decisions and outcomes through influence.
• Strong requirements and execution discipline: ability to translate ambiguous problems into crisp scope measurable success criteria and release plans.
• Experience using data and operational feedback to prioritize iterate and improve product performance over time.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both executive stakeholders and engineering teams.

Even better you may have...

• Experience delivering robotics systems in real-world deployments (e.g. AMRs/AGVs robotics navigation fleet management autonomy behaviors HMI/operator workflows teleoperation cobotics etc.).
• Experience taking products from discovery to prototype to pilot to scaled rollout across multiple sites including change management and operational readiness.
• Familiarity with robotics platform concepts: localization/mapping motion planning safety behaviors teleoperation fleet orchestration edge compute and industrial networking/integration.
• Strong understanding of reliability/serviceability practices (telemetry failure modes spares strategy maintainability support playbooks).
• Experience with industrial safety processes and standards practices (risk assessments safe operating procedures change control).
• Vendor/supplier management experience (RFx support supplier scorecards roadmap alignment performance management).
• MBA or Masters degree in engineering robotics computer science or a related field.

THIS IS NOT A REMOTE ROLE. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE IN S.E. MI 4/5 DAYS/WEEK.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $80.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is available for this position.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

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This position is hybrid (onsite four days per week) in S.E. MI.

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