Software Developer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Ford's software engineers will develop the next-generation technologies that change how our vehicles are designed, built and connect on information exchanges. Our products handle information at large scale. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information exchange, data pipelines, distributed computing, large-scale system design, UI design and cloud; the list goes on and is growing every day.

In this role, you are going to work on real world problems on a global scale, own the systems end-to-end and influence the direction of our technology that impacts how customers around the world use our software-defined vehicles. You will be expected work with like-minded individuals to develop a high-availability system that provides interfaces, APIs and rule sets for multiple teams to interact with to design vehicle APIs. The system intends to provide immediate feedback on feasibility, potential heat maps and guardrails.

If you feel strongly about leading a team in the development of world class software, serving large scale fleets, have experience in building software tools, distributed systems, device software, and/or abstracted platform services with constrained performance requirements, we'd like to talk to you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will be hands-on, design and build a tool for use by the vehicle architecture team, feature and platform systems team deliver a standardized framework for multiple electronic control unit (ECU) to communicate and function in an agile environment. You will collaborate with ECU owners and suppliers to resolve issues, implement methodologies and enable fast-paced delivery.

• Own and drive the design, development of tools and technologies required for vehicle architecture enabling.
• Develop and maintain tools and environment for managing delivery of SW and NW Architecture changes in a fast-paced agile environment.
• Develop scripts to automate the building of solutions and establish continuous delivery mechanisms for all vehicle programs.
• Evaluate technologies and methods for integration of ECU platforms.
• Enable software development, automated tests development and regression suites.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 4+ years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 4+ years of experience s in Python, C++ or similar scripting language.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical writing skills.
• Experience with DevOps technologies and familiarity with implementing Continuous Delivery models.

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 salary grade 8.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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ABOUT US

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow's transportation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

We seek to provide the thought leadership essential to achieving Ford's strategic objectives. We translate insight into action by driving toward robust points of view, timely decisions and responsible allocation of enterprise resources.