Ford Motor Company

Automation Developer

Ford Motor Company$100K — $120K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years in Software/Requirements Verification projects.
  • 5+ years in implementing test and automation strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and execution of test methods and automation scripts.
  • Develop automation libraries and test scripts for effective coverage.
  • Utilize Test Management tools for planning, execution, and reporting.
  • Manage defects using defect management tools.
  • Mentor colleagues in Automation tools and strategies.
  • Contribute to Ford Standards and tools for pipeline development.
  • Promote code artisanship and quality standards.
  • Apply industry Software Quality Assurance standards.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
  • Flexible family care and paid parental leave.
  • Tuition assistance and family-building benefits.
  • Employee discounts on vehicles and management leases.
  • Active employee resource groups and paid community service time.
  • Generous paid holidays, including a week off during Christmas.
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Senior Automation Developer, the candidate will be required to understand product requirements and deliver automated tests to validate the production software. In depth knowledge of Python and Object Oriented Programming methods are critical in this role. They will be responsible for designing, developing, maintaining, and executing software tests for high profile products. A solid understanding of vehicle network architecture and knowledge of important infotainment features is desired.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Lead the design, planning, and execution of test methods and automation scripts for requirements verification purposes.
  • Develop automation libraries and test scripts to deliver effective test coverage.
  • Use Test Management tools for test planning creation, execution, monitoring (proficient key metrics interpretation for Test Strategy definition), and reporting of Test Results.
  • Use defect management tools for defect creation, and monitoring of resolution.
  • Proven expert with Automation tools & strategies, contributing with mentorship and coaching to colleagues.
  • Fully understand, apply, and contribute to the improvement of Ford Standards and tools for pipeline development.
  • Follow and promote code artisanship best practices, quality and security standards; and contributes to the improvement of them.
  • Understand and apply industry Software Quality Assurance standards (ASPICE, ISTQB, ASAM, INCOSE, etc.)


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, applicable degree, or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years of advanced professional experience with Software / Requirements Verifications projects (Test Suite and Automation solutions for multiple Verification / Validation scopes & Integration levels).
  • 5+ years of professional experience implementing test and automation strategies and designing test strategies.


Even better, you may have...
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, applicable degree, or equivalent work experience.
  • Extensive Experience on Requirements Engineering or Electrical Architecture or Software Architectures or Functional Architectures.
  • Effectively uses:
    • Software configuration management systems (source control, DevSecOps, CI/CD) and proposes enhancements based on Verification perspective.
    • Software operations (DevSecOps, Reliability Engineering, observability, support/maintenance, etc.).
  • Experience with multiple tech stacks and the verification of its functions including QNX, and Android Automotive.
  • Effectively lead agile teams by following agile practices with Internal Software Design Verification groups, as well as Tier I and Tier II (external suppliers).
  • Demonstrated success creating evolutionary Design Verification architectures and Automation Frameworks with appropriate operational characteristics: scale, reliability, security, performance, Functional, Release, etc.
  • Experience in modern software development methodology, such as pair programming, test-driven or behavior driven development.


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

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-LB1

About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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