The Manufacturing Production Scheduling PDO Team is responsible for development, deployment & support of applications globally that are used in plant production operations. We have a mix of critical and non-critical plant floor applications that are responsible for producing Ford vehicles. This also includes powertrains and stamped components to meet global production needs. The technology is located physically in 30+ plants throughout the world. Our systems schedule, build, manage inventory, notify, and monitor plant floor information and operations. This global product suite has employees in Asia-Pacific, Europe, North and South America that interface and interact with global users daily. The product team is disrupting ourselves by modernizing everywhere & simplifying everything through a re-engineering and new development effort to use the latest technologies, methods and tools to bring innovation at market speed to the manufacturing organization. If you are in IT and looking to gain product and produces knowledge in one of Ford’s core business pillars, look no further. Our suite of production applications run critical operations and deliver bottom line value to Ford Motor Company.

The Software Engineer will be responsible for working within the product team to design, deliver and execute and support production vehicle scheduling execution capability.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Learn and utilize software delivery tools (GitHub, Jenkins, Junit, Gradle, Eclipse, IntelliJ, SonarQube, Docker/Kubernetes) to develop, test and deliver

• Schedule Execution capability

• Implement Agile development methods in Rally (Epic/Sub-Epic, Features, Stories, Iteration planning, burn down, ceremonies, retrospectives, etc.) as part of the development process

• Learn and utilize cloud based computing technologies and how to deploy for usage to the distributed plant floor (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Windows 2016, SQL Server 2016)

• Utilize paired programming, XP, SCRUM, and test driven development methods

• Assist in developing a migration path off legacy technology onto the new platform, implement the migration path

• Learn core functionality of the Manufacturing Production Scheduling process

• Identify Dynatrace and Splunk integration methods to new developed tools

Desired Skills:

• Require a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (minimum of 12 years), or an associate degree with a minimum of 6 years of equivalent work experience

• General understanding of Windows Server 2016, Jenkins, Junit, Gradle, Kubernetes, Test Driven Development

• Ability to multitask by working with multiple initiatives

• Capable of managing work with limited supervision

• Strong interpersonal skills

Required Skills:

• Understanding of Java and Eclipse/IntelliJ - Understanding of cloud based computing

• Agile software development methods

• Motivated and self-starter

• Comfortable interacting with plant IT and business customers located across the globe to clarify or define business needs/issues

• Quick learner and able to adapt to a changing environment as new processes are implemented

• Works well in a diverse global team environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, 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, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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: Benefit Summary (https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf)

This position is a salary grade 7 .

This position is a range of salary grades 7.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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 1-888-336-0660.

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