IT Product Designer

IT Product Designer Location Hybrid work in Dearborn, MI :

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world - together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Looking for a Technical Product Designer to be part of Manufacturing Digital Engineering IT team. This individual will identify and implement IT solutions that would digitize and automate said business processes to bring enhanced transparency and visibility to Ford's extended, multi-tiers supply chain, and enable Ford to meet legal and mandatory requirements in the supply chain sustainability space.

The ideal candidate would be a seasoned software engineer who wants to move into a technical leadership role where instead of implementing requirements, you lead the development of requirements and work with others for implementation and delivery.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Science, or a technology related field OR a combination of education and experience
• 2+ year with full stack development using Java (Spring Boot), Python, and web application development frameworks such as but not limited to JavaScript, REACT, Angular, Karma, Node.js, etc.
• 2+ year experience modern databases (Relational and non-relational) SQL Server, Teradata, etc.
• Ability to synthesize and visualize complex, and occasionally ambiguous concepts and translate them into a list of use-cases or an action plan for the team or organization. Ability to lead through influence.
• 2+ experience in cloud based development and operations (Azure/AWS/GCP/PCF)
• 1+ year experience working with Agile project management software such Jira or Rally
• 1+ year experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and pipelines, such as: (Jenkins, Terraform, SonarQube, Gradle, GitHub)
• Strong global business acumen in Manufacturing and Quality
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, building trust and driving success across skill teams (business and product) and leadership levels
• Experience working with external partners, including industry experts & consortiums, for development and complex integration of industry standards and multi-party solutions. Experience in benchmarking.
• Proactive attitude and not afraid to ask question and ability to operate with an Agile mentality in an ambiguous environment. Good organizational and time management skills.
• Willing to work on a highly collaborative team fulfilling different roles and fill gaps

Even better, you may have...

• Master's degree in Information Science
• Proven ability to learn and become productive in new concepts quickly
• Behavioral Leadership (ability to handle uncertain situations and build relationships)
• Experience leading agile software development practices to solution delivery
• High degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work autonomously
• Ability to work with multi-functional teams for deliverables and timing
• Curiosity towards new technologies that may benefit the team and a strong desire to learn
• Experience with Design Thinking tools such as Figma, InVision, Miro, Balsamiq, etc.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've 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 builder…or 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 Year's Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD This position is a range of salary grades 5-6.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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What you'll do...

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with business and technical SMEs to define new capabilities and use-cases that meet requirements in the Manufacturing Technology space. Engage with the Product Owner and team to define product strategy and roadmap for implementation. Collaborate with internal and external technical peers (Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, Software Engineers, Security Controls Champions, and Vendors). Develop relationships and maintain a knowledge of the Ford Production System and processes.
• Product Design, Implementation and Delivery: Lead development of requirements, features, use cases, and test scenarios, in alignment with different stakeholders. Author process flow and design documents. Work closely with Product Managers and Enterprise Architects to review datasets in source applications and systems within Ford and map functional requirements to data attributes. Working closely with vendors and partners, design and create actionable software development and enterprise integration activities to move from solution design to implementation including solution development, integration, testing and deployment. Generate Metrics, Build Deployment Pipelines and Perform System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing. Participate and/or lead incident, change and service request related activities including root cause analysis and proactive problem management / defect prevention activities.
• Communication: Clearly communicate vision and strategy to cross functional teams, senior leaders, and stakeholders to gain alignment. Grow subject matter expertise, provide guidance to other team members.
• Live and breathe Agile: Participate in ceremonies that help define the work to be done, improve team process, and align the team to specific objectives. For instance, participate in Daily Standups, Story Creation and Backlog Grooming, Retrospectives, and Epics/Sub-Epics/Story Acceptance sessions. Ensure effective usage of Jira and derive meaningful insights from Jira like Velocity, Throughput etc. to enable the team to go further. Partner with Product Owners / Managers and develop and as required execute test scenarios at various levels (functional, user acceptance) within Agile Framework.