Jobs at Ford Motor Company

Designs and maintains automated automotive system-level test benches; develops verification and validation plans, test cases, scripts, and tools. Integrates hardware and software, leads cross-functional debugging and root-cause analysis, validates safety and performance, reports results, reviews warranty trends, and drives system validation from concept through production. Requires expertise in automotive electrical architecture, embedded software, communication protocols, HIL testing, and system integration, with up to 20% travel.

Develop and integrate embedded software for Ford’s next-generation electric vehicle infotainment platform. Responsibilities include designing complex features, collaborating with hardware and systems teams, creating diagnostic tooling and interfaces, integrating controller code, developing functional tests, troubleshooting embedded systems, and analyzing field data. The role requires expertise in C, C++, Python, RTOS, Linux, concurrent systems, and automotive networking, with opportunities to lead cross-functional technical efforts.

Designs and leads Yocto/OpenEmbedded build infrastructure for automotive embedded Linux platforms. Responsibilities include developing layers, recipes, BSP integrations, SDKs, toolchains, automation, CI builds, security controls, release workflows, performance optimization, and build observability. The role collaborates with vendors and platform teams, supports incident resolution, ensures compliance, documents architecture, establishes best practices, and mentors engineers while providing senior technical leadership.

Conduct full-cycle technical recruiting for Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design team. Responsibilities include intake meetings, sourcing active and passive candidates, phone screening, pipeline management, candidate relationship building, offer support, hiring-manager partnership, DEI advocacy, and employer-branding projects. The role requires recruiting expertise in competitive technical talent markets, strong candidate experience ownership, data-driven stakeholder updates, and hybrid availability near a Ford hub.

Architect and develop foundational embedded software platforms for automotive ECUs, including RTOS configurations, real-time drivers, middleware, memory layouts, and vehicle networking stacks. Apply ISO 26262 and MISRA C practices to safety-critical software, collaborate with systems, hardware, and safety teams, establish coding standards, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Design mobile app features and experiences for Ford’s digital ecosystem, from wireframes and user flows through high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes. Collaborate with product, engineering, and design system teams; manage design backlogs, timelines, and deliverables; use data-driven insights; present work to stakeholders; and ensure intuitive, polished mobile experiences across iOS and Android.

Develop virtual validation methods and simulation environments for automotive chassis systems. Integrate plant models with controller software, create automated build and testing tools, develop MIL and SIL test cases, analyze and report test data, and coordinate software integration with cross-functional and supplier teams. Collaborate with ADAS, HIL, SIL, and MIL teams to resolve software issues and reduce dependence on physical vehicle testing.

Lead functional safety engineering for complex automotive electronic control and autonomous systems from concept through production. Perform HARA, FMEA, FTA, and other safety analyses; define safety requirements, concepts, architectures, and safety cases; assess hardware metrics and quantitative risk; and ensure ISO 26262 compliance. Collaborate with hardware and system engineers, manage safety readiness across projects, support technical reviews, promote safety culture, and mentor junior engineers.

Design and develop core Android framework components, system-level libraries, HALs, AIDL interfaces, and Android services for Ford’s in-vehicle infotainment platform. Responsibilities include improving performance, reliability, and security; troubleshooting system issues; collaborating with product, UX, and hardware teams; conducting code reviews; and maintaining technical documentation.

Lead electromagnetic design of electric motors, generators, and powertrain systems from concept through high-volume production. Define torque, power, efficiency, thermal, and NVH targets; optimize designs using electromagnetic modeling and multiphysics simulation; and validate performance through bench and vehicle testing. Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, controls, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers while providing technical leadership and developing the motor design team.

Lead design, development, and maintenance of automated tests and system-level HIL test benches for automotive embedded software. Define requirements, author specifications, create V&V and regression test plans, execute Python-driven automation, collaborate with cross-functional teams, debug integrations, and ensure feature validation across connectivity, multimedia, infotainment, and power domains.

Design, develop, and validate embedded vehicle motion control algorithms and firmware. Integrate centralized motion control across domains, perform hardware bring-up, collaborate with suppliers, lead functional safety analyses, and execute SIL/HIL/labcar validation and debugging for vehicle-level performance and robustness.

Design, build, and operate AI-powered full-stack applications and agentic workflows on GCP. Own architecture, IaC, CI/CD, integrations, databases, and developer productivity tooling while automating repetitive work and scaling RAG/LLM systems for production.

Integrate supplier software into vehicle architectures, define network interfaces and protocols, manage requirements with JAMA, debug ECUs, support secure boot and bootloader integration, perform bench/HIL/vehicle bring-up and testing, and build automation tools using scripting and LLMs to improve processes.

Design, build, and operate AI-powered full-stack applications and agentic workflows on GCP. Own architecture, IaC, CI/CD, integrations with enterprise SaaS, databases, and production-grade RAG/LLM pipelines. Automate developer workflows and ship scalable, secure systems.

Lead electrical hardware architecture, schematic and PCB layout for EV platform boards. Drive bring-up, validation, rapid prototyping, and system integration. Guide JDM/OEM execution, influence electrical architecture, and collaborate across teams to deliver production-ready designs.

Design and implement math- and physics-based lateral and longitudinal vehicle motion control strategies for a centralized vehicle motion control system. Lead supplier integration, subsystem design and reviews, functional safety analyses, firmware validation (hardware bring-up, labcar, SIL/HIL), and test plan development and execution. Collaborate with system integration, software, electrical hardware, and calibration teams throughout program development.

Lead end-to-end business and technology transformation for Ford's EV programs by defining capabilities, future-state operating models, and roadmaps. Partner cross-functionally to assess current state, identify gaps, drive process and system improvements (PLM/ERP/MES), manage scope/timeline/risks, and ensure adoption through change management and stakeholder alignment.

Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts for embedded automotive software. Create and execute test plans (functional, non-functional, regression), derive test scenarios from requirements, debug nightly regressions, collaborate with development teams on testability, participate in code reviews, and improve testing processes. Hybrid role with up to 10% domestic travel.

Design, implement, and own embedded firmware architecture and control algorithms for body systems (windows, closures, lighting, actuators). Lead hardware bring-up, integration, validation, and testing on benches, lab cars, and vehicles. Apply functional safety, author technical documentation, drive cross-functional feature development, and develop automation for unit, SIL, and HIL testing.