Thermal Technical Program 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.

Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Fords vehicle electric digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles software and experiences across gas hybrid and electric designed around what customers need.

In this position...
Join our dynamic and agile team pioneering Fords EV future. As the Thermal Technical Program Manager you will lead the planning and delivery of the thermal management system for our next-generation electric vehicles across the coolant refrigeration and climate/HVAC subsystems. You will drive cross-functional alignment manage project execution and ensure our thermal solutions meet aggressive performance cost and timing targets.

Be the person who gets the thermal system to launch. Your leadership will turn great engineering into on-time delivery directly shaping the performance range and comfort of Fords future EVs and the sustainable mobility landscape.

What youll do...

You will own the thermal program plan and drive it to delivery partnering with the Thermal Engineering Manager and the subsystem owners.

Program Leadership: Develop manage and execute comprehensive program plans for the EV thermal management system covering the coolant refrigeration and climate/HVAC subsystems from concept through launch.

Milestone & Critical-Path Management: Track thermal deliverables against vehicle program milestones and gateways maintain the critical path and escalate early when key dates are at risk.

Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary interface between the Thermal team and vehicle program management product development manufacturing purchasing and supply chain teams.

Supplier & Industrialization Coordination: Work with Design & Release Engineers and supply chain managers to manage supplier timing quotes prototype deliveries and industrialization activities so hardware is ready for each build and test phase.

Build & Test Readiness: Partner with Thermal Test Engineers and build planners to align prototype builds test vehicles and facility time with the program schedule.

Resource & Budget Management: Oversee project budgets resource allocation and timeline adherence identifying and mitigating risks to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.

Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify technical schedule and resource risks develop and implement mitigation strategies and drive open issues to closure.

Communication & Reporting: Establish clear communication channels and provide regular transparent updates on program status key decisions and critical-path items to all stakeholders including leadership reviews.

Decision Facilitation: Facilitate critical technical and strategic decisions by ensuring the relevant data options and perspectives from engineering leads are presented clearly.

Process Improvement: Champion program management best practices and contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes within the thermal engineering organization.

Youll have...

Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical or related field).

5 years of experience in technical program management within the automotive aerospace or complex system development industries.

Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary engineering projects from concept to launch.

Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle and project management methodologies.

Excellent communication negotiation and interpersonal skills.

Even better you may have...
Masters degree in Engineering or MBA.

PMP certification or equivalent.

Experience with thermal management systems particularly in electric vehicles.

Experience managing suppliers through prototype validation and production launch.

Proficiency with project management tools (e.g. Jira Azure DevOps MS Project).

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 a salary grade 8 and ranges from $138800-$232700.
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.

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