Engineering Manager

• Provide strategy, leadership, and day-to-day management of the Platform Services organization
• Lead development, enhancement, and support of integrated platform services for engineering teams
• Define the company’s approach to AI-assisted and specification-driven development, including coding assistants, agent development frameworks, standards, and safety guardrails
• Deliver golden path templates, scaffolds, and reference implementations for new engineering work
• Own development environments and inner-loop tooling, including build and test performance and environment provisioning
• Own availability, performance, support models, service-level objectives, and on-call coverage for shared services
• Create and manage the Platform Services experience to drive secure, reliable, efficient developer delivery and adoption
• Partner with delivery pipeline, cloud infrastructure, and runtime platform teams
• Establish and report engineering productivity, platform adoption, service performance, and project-progress measures
• Align platform strategy with business objectives, priorities, and budget; evaluate build, buy, and open-source options
• Ensure tooling and shared services meet security, privacy, audit, and corporate requirements
• Support business growth initiatives by aligning technology vision with business strategy
• Build and manage diverse engineering teams; recruit and develop engineering leaders and top talent
• Set team direction, anticipate strategic and scaling challenges, and lead organizational change
• Break platform strategy into technical building blocks and mentor technical output
• Provide continuous feedback, address underperformance, and recognize team contributions
• Drive a results-oriented culture focused on execution, quality, speed, and high service quality
• Work from home, with occasional planned travel to the assigned Southfield, Michigan office; may work from that office if requested by the team member
• Perform other duties as assigned

Director of Software Engineering, Platform Services

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Teamcenter developers and test automation engineers.
• Build a high-performing engineering organization focused on collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Establish team objectives, performance expectations, development plans, and succession strategies.
• Manage resource planning, workload balancing, hiring, onboarding, and vendor engagement activities.
• Coordinate development and testing activities across internal teams, vendors, and global stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and aligned with business priorities.
• Manage risks, dependencies, technical debt, and production support activities.
• Monitor and communicate project status, KPIs, and operational performance.
• Oversee the design, development, configuration, and enhancement of Siemens Teamcenter solutions.
• Ensure adherence to technical standards, architecture principles, coding guidelines, and security requirements.
• Drive integration of Teamcenter with ERP, CAD, and other enterprise systems.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions with stakeholders.
• Review solution designs and provide technical governance.
• Establish and execute a comprehensive quality and automation strategy.
• Lead development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks, test suites, and regression packs.
• Promote shift-left testing and continuous quality validation.
• Define automation standards, quality metrics, reporting dashboards, and release readiness criteria.
• Drive reduction of manual testing through increased automation coverage and reliability.
• Define and monitor engineering KPIs for quality, productivity, deployment reliability, automation effectiveness, and platform stability.
• Drive continuous improvement using DevOps, automation, and modern engineering practices.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, change management, validation, and audit requirements.
• Support platform roadmap planning and technology modernization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices relevant to PLM and quality engineering.

Senior Manager – Software Engineering, PLM Platform

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Teamcenter developers and test automation engineers.
• Build a high-performing engineering organization focused on collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Establish team objectives, performance expectations, development plans, and succession strategies.
• Manage resource planning, workload balancing, hiring, onboarding, and vendor engagement activities.
• Foster an agile and quality-focused engineering culture.
• Coordinate development and testing activities across internal teams, vendors, and global stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and in alignment with business priorities.
• Manage risks, dependencies, technical debt, and production support activities.
• Monitor and communicate project status, KPIs, and operational performance.
• Oversee the design, development, configuration, and enhancement of Siemens Teamcenter solutions.
• Ensure adherence to technical standards, architecture principles, coding guidelines, and security requirements.
• Drive integration of Teamcenter with ERP, CAD, and other enterprise systems.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Review solution designs and provide technical governance across development initiatives.
• Establish and execute a comprehensive quality and automation strategy.
• Lead development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks, test suites, and regression packs.
• Promote shift-left testing practices and continuous quality validation throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Define automation standards, quality metrics, reporting dashboards, and release readiness criteria.
• Drive reduction of manual testing effort through increased automation coverage and reliability.
• Define and monitor engineering KPIs related to quality, productivity, deployment reliability, automation effectiveness, and platform stability.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives leveraging DevOps, automation, and modern engineering practices.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, change management, validation, and audit requirements.
• Support platform roadmap planning and technology modernization efforts.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices relevant to PLM and quality engineering.

• Lead development, maintenance, delivery, and support of cloud-based platform software supporting Ford connected vehicle capabilities
• Own software required for Ford Volkswagen Alliance connectivity integration across Ford-engineered and Volkswagen-engineered partnership models
• Manage delivery priorities for critical production platform components in an always-on environment
• Monitor and improve cost, quality, reliability, and delivery performance for supported platform capabilities
• Support transformation efforts aligned to Ford’s Converged Connectivity strategy
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 6–10 GSR and agency direct reports
• Collaborate closely with global engineering teams, product teams, integration teams, service teams, and partner organizations
• Translate technical implementation details and partner OEM connectivity approaches into clear direction for internal stakeholders
• Make informed decisions across technical design, software implementation, program execution, and product lifecycle direction
• Drive process discipline and continuous improvement in a constructive, non-confrontational manner

Software Engineering Manager

• Lead and manage one or more software development teams
• Ensure software is designed and developed using sound, repeatable, industry-standard methodologies and GM’s software development project methodology
• Set technical and delivery direction by translating business strategy into team priorities, roadmaps, measurable success metrics, and outcomes
• Lead and develop engineering teams through hiring, coaching, feedback, mentoring, stretch work, and career development
• Manage concurrent projects and delivery execution, including scope, capacity, dependencies, risks, blockers, and on-time delivery of high-quality data products
• Provide technical leadership and promote software engineering practices, quality, experimentation, reusable patterns, governance, and scalable solutions
• Strengthen reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across the platform
• Communicate status and escalate issues through program reviews, Jira/Confluence reporting, risk tracking, and leadership updates
• Lead performance tuning, usability assessment and improvement, AI adoption, and automation technologies
• Assess application security risks and code remediation techniques
• Oversee integration of software or solutions with existing software and systems
• Maintain and debug live software systems
• Maintain compliance with GM standards and industry best practices
• Support deployment and post-go-live activities; troubleshoot and lead production incidents to closure

• Lead and grow cross-functional engineering teams building and operating distributed, API-driven, cloud-native platforms
• Drive engineering excellence, delivery outcomes, and technical health of owned products
• Lead and mentor team members on Agile and product mindset principles
• Participate in work planning to align priorities, teams, and incremental outcomes
• Lead cross-functional teams in building products that deliver customer and business value
• Design solutions spanning multiple team applications and applications owned by other teams
• Support delivery teams in consistently following process and technology standards
• Develop and track delivery metrics, monitor product technical health, and report progress toward delivery goals
• Build effective teams, set clear expectations, evaluate performance, and coach and mentor team members
• Maintain understanding of system ecosystem, architecture, technologies, and domains to support operational success
• Participate in on-call escalation and incident management
• Own the design, delivery, and lifecycle governance of API platforms and services, including contract-first design, versioning, deprecation, reuse, and consumer experience
• Drive AI adoption across the software development lifecycle by establishing standards, guardrails, and effectiveness measures
• Guide identification, design, and delivery of AI-enabled and agentic capabilities with evaluation, human-in-the-loop controls, observability, and responsible-use practices
• Remain compliant with policies, processes, and legal guidelines
• Perform other duties as assigned

Software Engineering Manager II, Consumer 360

• Lead a small team of hardware Design Release Engineers responsible for sourcing and change management of connectivity telematics modules
• Develop and release Connectivity hardware modules across GM vehicles and architectures
• Drive specification development for Connectivity components, including performance, RF, power, security, regulatory, and vehicle interfaces
• Own sourcing, Engineering Change Requests, and alignment with Product Cost Engineering
• Lead vehicle packaging and integration while meeting mechanical, thermal, and EMC constraints
• Manage interface control documents, component specifications, ECU Bill of Material, and Tier-N resiliency activities
• Manage Contract Manufacturer engagement for ECU builds and ensure build readiness and timely delivery
• Complete production approval activities and ensure documentation, test evidence, and regulatory approvals are in place
• Develop and maintain program DFMEA and drive mitigation actions
• Coordinate prototype, DV, PV, and launch hardware builds with suppliers and internal teams
• Coordinate hardware issue resolution, hardware bring-up, and in-vehicle system testing
• Ensure design documentation meets safety, EMC/EMI, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements
• Align with Product, Software, Quality, and Vehicle teams on feature roadmaps and development status
• Report Connectivity Hardware status, supplier readiness, cost and timing risks, and escalations to senior leaders

Engineering Manager jobs in Michigan

Director of Software Engineering, Platform Services

Senior Manager – Software Engineering, PLM Platform

Senior Manager – Software Engineering, PLM Platform

Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager II, Consumer 360

Engineering Manager, Connectivity Hardware