Senior Engineering Manager

Ford Motor Company

Senior Engineering Manager leading teams to develop solutions for Ford's mobility future. Managing engineering strategy, architecture, and performance across a hybrid organization in Dearborn, MI.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $141,700 - $268,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage an organization of 15 to 50+ individuals, including both Engineering Managers (EMs) and Individual Contributors (ICs).
Own the SLAs, KPIs, and overall delivery for your product line.
Guide and approve product line architecture.
Collaborate on product group and cross-product group architecture, ensuring cohesive design across disparate teams and aligning technology strategy with business goals.
Manage performance evaluations and calibrate performance across multiple teams to ensure fairness, equity, and a consistently high bar for engineering excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in designing, building, and maintaining complex, scalable systems.
3+ years of direct engineering management experience, including proven experience managing both Engineering Managers and Individual Contributors.
3+ years of experience in modern cloud architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), distributed systems, and microservices.
3+ years of experience aligning technical strategy with business goals and owning SLAs/KPIs for a business line or large-scale system.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringcloud architecturesdistributed systemsmicroservicessystem designscalable systemsperformance evaluationarchitecture approvalKPI managementSLA management

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationperformance calibrationcommunicationstrategic alignmentteam managementfairnessequityengineering excellencecross-team coordination