Embedded Software Engineer, Body Controls

Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering team takes new ideas from theory to reality. Every day, we develop advanced energy management and propulsion technologies, create cutting-edge materials and manufacturing processes, and curate world-class cabin experiences that redefine what it means to drive a Ford.

In this position...

• Lead software development within an agile team
• Reviewing feature requirements, developing software requirements based on the feature in Polarion
• Implementing the software requirements in either compliant Simulink models or compliant C functions
• Owning and maintaining requirements within the functional specification for currently implemented functions
• Work with the Full-Service Supplier software team explaining software requirements
• Support vehicle launch

What you'll do...

• Work in a team of highly motivated Embedded Software Engineers
• Design and develop embedded software components for the Body Control System.
• Analyze, feature-level requirement design, functional specification, program, debug, and modify using high-level languages (Matlab, C, Python).
• Contribute to product success through consistent on-time delivery of high-quality, functioning complex device driver code.
• Scale, modify, and refactor existing software components to meet new architecture requirements.
• Work with Ford architecture and validation teams, and partners to create reusable software components, support documentation, and integration guides.
• Perform code-level integration-related tasks such as replicating build environments, source code debugging, and continuously improving and streamlining deployments.
• Work with development and project managers to align on CI/CD pipelines for product variant releases
• Evaluate technologies and methods for developing cloud scalable test infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for virtual and hardware ECUs

You'll have...

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related Field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 5+ years of Embedded Software Experience, Body Control System is preferred.
• 5+ years of programming experience inEmbedded C, MATLAB Simulink, and Stateflow.
• Candidates must have strong programming skills in C and be able to write highly portable and platform-agnostic code
• 3+ year experience in developing Proof-of-Concept applications for automotive ECUs
• 2+ years’ experience working in an agile environment

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 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.

This position is a salary grade 5-8, and ranges from $68,300-$192,900.

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/GSR

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.