Solutions Engineer - Software Factory

The Software Factory in Product Creation and Industrialization delivers scalable software solutions to support technology platforms, programs, suppliers, and internal teams. The Work Management team enables frictionless planning, tracking, and delivery through highly integrated tools and workflows.

The Solutions Engineer is a hands-on platform engineer and solution architect who designs and delivers enterprise-grade solutions across the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira, Jira Service Management, Jira Product Discovery, Assets, Goals/Projects) and adjacent lifecycle tooling for requirements, code and testing.

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.

Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

* Take charge of designing solutions that tackle critical challenges for Product Creation and Industrialization leveraging the Atlassian platform (Jira, Confluence), while setting scalable standards and overseeing governance.

* Configure Jira/JSM/JPD/Assets elements-including workflows, schemes, automations, forms, and SLAs-to optimize delivery and service outcomes.

* Manage Atlassian Cloud administration and its operating model, covering permissions, project and space provisioning, guardrails, audits, and maintaining platform hygiene.

* Develop and maintain integrations and extensions such as Forge apps, REST/GraphQL APIs, and webhooks/events, ensuring robust error handling, monitoring, and supportability.

* Launch AI-powered workflows (such as Atlassian Intelligence/Rovo, Git Hub Copilot) by implementing practical governance including approved use cases, knowledge sources, access controls, and guardrails in partnership with our Enterprise Technology partners.

* Take charge of designing solutions that tackle critical challenges for Product Creation and Industrialization leveraging the Atlassian platform (Jira, Confluence), while setting scalable standards and overseeing governance.

* Configure Jira/JSM/JPD/Assets elements-including workflows, schemes, automations, forms, and SLAs-to optimize delivery and service outcomes.

* Manage Atlassian Cloud administration and its operating model, covering permissions, project and space provisioning, guardrails, audits, and maintaining platform hygiene.

* Develop and maintain integrations and extensions such as Forge apps, REST/GraphQL APIs, and webhooks/events, ensuring robust error handling, monitoring, and supportability.

* Launch AI-powered workflows (such as Atlassian Intelligence/Rovo, Git Hub Copilot) by implementing practical governance including approved use cases, knowledge sources, access controls, and guardrails in partnership with our Enterprise Technology partners.