We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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.

In this position...

You'll be an Embedded Systems Architect and be part of the microcontroller team which is designing the software stack from ground up to enable a best-in-class vehicle infotainment safety island platform using the latest technologies. You will be contributing to key features like vehicle access, networking and power management for highly complex systems across various domains to improve performance as well as the user experience for Ford customers.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• 12+ years proven working experience in software engineering.

• Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded systems.

• Programming experience in C, C++ and Python.

• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), Linux and building concurrent systems.

• Strong documentation, writing, and communications skills.

• Even better, you may have...

• M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• Experience with automotive networks like CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet.

• Experience with wireless networks like BLE, UWB, NFC and Wi Fi.

• Experience with Cyber security and encryption

• Experience in automotive systems and applications.

• Familiarity with Vector and Intrepid tools

• Familiarity with MISRA, AutoSAR and functional safety (ISO 26262)

• Experience negotiating with hardware and or software vendors

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, 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.
  This position is a leadership level 5 and ranges from $163,080-308,880.
  Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #UEV

What you'll do...

• Architecture & Design: Define, design and document end-to-end high-level software/hardware architecture, defines technical requirements, and leads development teams including system, component, and API definitions.
• Technical Leadership: Lead technical direction, drive code reviews, and establish coding standards and best practices. Lead the effort to diagnose and improve existing features to enhance the Ford customer experience.
• Hardware/Software Integration: Collaborate with hardware teams to bring up, test, and debug system-level designs, drivers, and peripheral interfaces.
• Requirements Analysis: Analyze customer, product, and system-level requirements to create technical specifications.
• Performance Optimization: Develop strategies for optimizing system performance, including memory management, power consumption, and processing speed.
• Mentorship & Team Guidance: Provide technical mentoring to junior/senior engineers and guide the team in solving complex, cross-functional problems.
• Compliance & Process: Ensure designs adhere to industry standards (e.g., automotive SPICE) and drive development processes.
• Cross functional collaboration: Collaborate with teams across software, hardware, integration, UI/UX and others to drive innovation and tackle any issues that arise throughout the product development cycle.
• Data logging strategies: Strategize and optimize vehicle data collection. Use data driven analysis tools to verify and diagnose vehicle software in the field.