Staff Engineer - Embedded Software

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

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.

What you'll do...

• As a Technical Team Lead for Embedded SW Development within the Connective Vehicle Software organization, you will play a crucial role in the evolution of Vehicle Controls software. You will lead the technical solutions for the team to develop a software architecture implementation to meet all the real-time needs of the embedded system. This role requires a hands-on approach to guide the team in building a basic software stack and application software architecture.

• You are a hands-on technical leader with strong experience in C, AUTOSAR Basic Software as well as experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery. You have a proven track record of delivering high-quality embedded software using Agile methodologies. Your expertise includes working with AUTOSAR tools to develop multicore real-time applications. You are also experienced in communication networks like CAN, LIN and Ethernet.

o Develop architecture migration support for AUTOSAR Basic Software and Application Software in legacy and new software components

o Lead ECU optimization through analyzing software component resource usage for core load balancing and interface coherency

o Lead AUTOSAR BSW delivery meeting Functional Safety requirements (MPU), run time limits, and system resource (Ram/Rom) limits for TC39xx ECU

o Support architecture analysis for new interfaces via communication networks, other I/O communication to the BSW as well as inter module system interfaces

o Lead the Basic Software issue resolution and troubleshooting using priority triage process to focus on high priority issue resolution

o Directly engage in writing code and participate in code and test case reviews

o Conduct software verification, including unit and integration testing, as needed

o Take full ownership of projects, making key design and implementation decisions independently while mentoring junior team members

o Be a proactive and energetic leader in a dynamic team environment

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related degree; or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education.

• 10+ years of relevant software development experience in embedded systems.

• 3+ Experience with CI/CD technologies

• 3+ years of experience in configuring Classic AUTOSAR BSW components and debugging/troubleshooting embedded software on target hardware

• 5+ years of RTOS/OSEK Operating systems experience

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field

• 10+ years of relevant software development experience in defining and delivering software architecture in an embedded multi-core ECU

• 5+ years experience in development of software components (SW-C) in an AUTOSAR Classic environment

• Experience working in an Agile development team environment

• Experience with Model Based Development/Code Generation using the MathWorks products

• Experience in configuring Vector AUTOSAR Classic BSW including NVM, E2E, Watchdog

• Ethernet security functions including MacSec

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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD

This position is a salary grade 6.

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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Requisition ID : 32804