Ford Motor Company

Embedded Software Developer - BSP/Bootloader

Ford Motor Company$96K — $146K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in BSP and bootloader design and development.
  • 5+ years of experience coding in C.
  • 2+ years of experience in Linux kernel driver development.
  • Experience with ARM-based SoC development.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement BSP/bootloader features within a team.
  • Develop secure boot features as part of the software project.
  • Create and maintain software design documents.
  • Participate in design reviews to ensure quality standards.
  • Assist in product verification, validation, and testing processes.
  • Communicate early problems and propose effective solutions.
  • Collaborate in troubleshooting across various teams and vendors.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with onsite presence required 4+ days/week.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge automotive technology.
  • Participation in Annual Compensation bonus program.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

The Ford BSP and Driver Development Team is seeking a skilled embedded software developer that is experienced in the areas of BSP and secure bootloaders. The range of projects the candidate will be working on will be infotainment, connectivity and other HW modules in the next generation of FORD vehicles.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
  • Design and implement BSP/bootloader features as part of a larger team-based software project
  • Design and implement secure boot features
  • Create software design documents
  • Participate in design reviews
  • Assist with product verification and validation, troubleshooting and testing
  • Communicate problems early to team members and offer solutions
  • Drive or participate troubleshooting with multiple teams and vendors


Qualifications

You'll have...

Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field of study.


Experience:

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in the design and development of BSP and bootloaders.
  • Minimum 5 years of C experience.
  • Experience with ARM-based SoC development.
  • Minimum 2 years of Linux kernel driver development experience (device tree, platform drivers, interrupt handling, power management).


Even better, you may have...

Experience:
  • Capable of reading electronic schematics.
  • Experience with automotive Ethernet (100BASE-T1/1000BASE-T1, TC10 sleep/wake).
  • Skilled in using debugging tools like JTAG and the oscilloscope/logic analyzer.
  • Driver development experience (UART, I2C, SPI, CAN/CAN FD, etc.).
  • Excellent problem solving and intuitive debugging skills.
  • Experience of driving troubleshooting across multiple teams and vendors.
  • Understanding of SHE (Secure hardware Extension) specification.
  • Experience with Hardware Security Module (HSM) or other SHE based hardware security modules.
  • Understanding of various cryptographic algorithms (RSA, DES, AES, SHA-1, etc.).
  • Experience with eMMC.
  • Experience with NAND, NOR memory controllers.
  • Designed and implemented custom bootloader.
  • Experience with version control tools (e.g. SVN, Git).


This posting is for an existing vacancy within our team.

The expected annual salary range for this Ford of Canada position is $96,000.00 - $146,000.00 and individuals may be eligible to participate in our Annual Compensation bonus program.

We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.

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

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