OTA Planning and Strategy Engineer

🕒 February 12

🏢🏡 Dearborn – Hybrid

💵 $83.3k - $190.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Ford Motor Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1903

🚗 Transport

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-08

Transport • Manufacturing • Sustainability

Ford Motor Company is a globally renowned automotive company based in the United States, established by Henry Ford. The company is committed to building a better world where every individual has the freedom to move and follow their dreams. Ford is dedicated to innovation, with a focus on services, experiences, and software alongside its traditional vehicle manufacturing. The company is actively involved in sustainability initiatives and aims to meet ambitious environmental targets. Ford values service, community impact, and strives to combine business success with social and environmental responsibility. With a rich history of over 121 years, Ford continues to adapt and lead in the evolving automotive landscape.

📋 Description

• Design and maintain complex Jira automation rules to streamline the intake of OTA software update requests, ensuring they move seamlessly from initial request through to the Kick-Off and Operational Product Approval milestones. • Act as the primary administrator for the OTA team’s Jira and Confluence environments, managing permission schemes, custom fields, and project architectures to support a growing portfolio of vehicle lines. • Utilize advanced AI prompting to analyze vast amounts of vehicle software data, generating summaries and insights that help the Lead prioritize content for the OTA calendar. • Use AI tools to draft standardized release notes, technical documentation, and internal status reports, ensuring high-quality communication with minimal manual effort. • Identify 'bottlenecks' in the current OTA planning process and implement automated solutions to reduce cycle time between update identification and deployment. • Maintain the accuracy of the OTA request backlog, ensuring that all data supporting vehicle software updates is organized, tagged correctly, and ready for executive review.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. • 3+ years of professional experience in Jira automation and maintenance. You should have a deep understanding of Jira Service Management, advanced workflow transitions, and the Atlassian Marketplace ecosystem. • 3+ years of experience in program coordination, technical project management, or software operations (this is positioned as the 'lower level' to the Lead's 7+ years). • Strong ability to organize and interpret complex data sets to support vehicle-specific software requirements. • Familiarity with vehicle software architectures or previous experience with Over-the-Air (OTA) update cycles. • 2+ years of professional experience in AI prompting and prompt engineering. You must be able to demonstrate how you use Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate text-based tasks or analyze data. • Experience with ScriptRunner for Jira or basic Python to further enhance automation capabilities. • Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical automation logic into clear processes for the broader product team.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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.