Staff Product Manager ATP Sight Sense Products

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Shape the Future of Manufacturing with ATP

At Ford we arent just building vehicles we are redefining how the world moves. Within the Advanced Industrial Technology and Platforms (ATP) organization we are the architects of Fords next industrial revolution.

Our mission is clear: we build and scale industrial platforms technologies and capabilities that unlock Ford Firsts to drive sustained competitive advantage in manufacturing. Driven by our vision to build once scale everywhere we bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and global physical deployment.

Our guiding mantra is simple yet relentless: Scale what matters win whats next.

If you are a high-tech builder thinker or innovator who thrives at the intersection of software hardware and massive scale ATP is where you belong. Join us and write the next chapter of industrial history.

In this position...

Fords Advanced Industrial Technology & Platforms (ATP) organization is leading a historic industrial transformation scaling EVs advanced robotics additive manufacturing AI vision and digital platforms into one seamless operating system. As part of ATP the Sight Vertical is building an end-to-end business around AI/ML anomaly detection products spanning image-based detection (Vision) and parametric data-based detection (Sense).

As a Staff Product Manager Vision you will contribute to the broader product strategy and execution for Fords Vision and Sense product lines acting as the bridge between Ford plant customers and technical teams. You will define the what and the why translate factory-floor problems into clear technical requirements and drive products from discovery through pilot and scale. You will also represent Vision-specific needs to the Core Vertical helping define the platform capabilities and data/ML requirements that image-based products depend onleading through influence across data science engineering manufacturing quality and plant operations.

Location: Dearborn Michigan. Hybrid is expected with periodic global travel to Ford manufacturing sites across NA EU and IMG.

What youll do...

• Contribute to the product strategy and multi-release roadmap for the Sight vertical aligned to the broader ATP enterprise direction.
• Lead customer and stakeholder interviews at Ford plants to identify high-value problem statements (e.g. visual defect detection safety anomalies quality escapes) and translate them into clear prioritized product requirements.
• Partner with data science and engineering teams to define semantic layers labeling strategy and model performance criteria needed for image-based anomaly detection models.
• Own and prioritize the vision/sense product backlog based on ROI plant pull technical feasibility and alignment to program milestones (TRL/MRL/IRL gates).
• Define and monitor product KPIs such as detection accuracy false-positive/negative rates OEE impact scrap/warranty reduction and deployment lead time.
• Establish standardized customer feedback loops to monitor product health adoption and value realization post-deployment.
• Partner with the sight/sense launch teams to launch products are factory ready support zero-integration deployment into the Ford Production System based platform and compress deployment cycle time from pilot to scaled rollout.
• Serve as the primary Sight vertical interface to the Core platform identifying and articulating platform capabilities data models and ML/infrastructure requirements that image-based products needhelping shape the core infrastructure required for Sight and build shared platform roadmaps so they serve Sight use cases effectively.
• Drive the evolution of vision and sense products from standalone detection toward prescriptive closed-loop capabilities connected to FPS issue-resolution and maintenance workflows.
• Communicate product strategy progress and value delivered clearly to Sight Vertical leadership plant stakeholders and cross-functional partners.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Data Science or a related technical field.
• 5-8 years of experience in product management with direct experience owning development deployment and scale of AI/ML or industrial technology products.
• Strong fluency in the AI/ML product lifecycle: data strategy model performance metrics anomaly detection concepts and MLOps deployment.
• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing or industrial operations environments with direct exposure to plant floor maintenance or quality engineering contexts.
• Strong ability to translate complex image-based data concepts into clear business and technical requirements.
• Understanding of network and hardware/software architectures relevant to industrial AI/ML deployment.
• Experience with Agile/SAFe product delivery and tools such as Jira Rally or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management skills including experience engaging manufacturing leadership and cross-functional technical teams.
• Experience articulating platform and infrastructure requirements to a shared/central engineering team (e.g. Core Vertical) on behalf of a product lines needs.
• Strong global collaboration experience across NA EU and international manufacturing organizations.
• Willingness to travel globally to Ford manufacturing sites as needed.

Even better you may have...

• Masters degree or PhD in Software Engineering Data Engineering or Technical Product Management.
• Experience with AI/ML industrial products including computer vision machine vision inspection or process quality anomaly detection at scale.
• Knowledge of automotive/manufacturing system integration and digital twin frameworks.
• Familiarity with IP creation data governance and platform/product commercialization frameworks.
• Automotive aerospace or other high-complexity manufacturing background.
• Experience navigating a matrixed corporate environment managing influence across engineering commercial and operations stakeholders without full direct-line authority.
• Exposure to parametric data-based detection (Sense) concepts to support future convergence of Vision and Sense into a unified Sight anomaly-detection ecosystem.

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 $115500-$218100.

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 not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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