Ford Motor Company

Staff Diagnostics and Embedded Cyber Security Engineer

Ford Motor Company$150K — $283K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Over 10 years of software engineering experience.
  • Hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded systems.
  • Proficient in C, C++, and Python programming.
  • Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and Linux environments.
  • Strong writing and communication skills.
  • Eagerness to learn and explore unfamiliar territories.

Responsibilities

  • Define and design complex features for Ford's next-generation Electric Vehicles.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop requirements and testing strategies.
  • Lead diagnosis and improvement of features for enhancing user experience.
  • Drive innovation and problem-solving across product development cycles.
  • Develop tools and interfaces for vehicle access components.
  • Integrate software features into the vehicle’s control systems.
  • Utilize data-driven analysis to verify and diagnose vehicle software.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage from day one.
  • Flexible family care and paid parental leave policies available.
  • Family building support including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
  • Employee vehicle discounts and management lease options.
  • Tuition assistance for continuing education.
  • Access to established employee resource groups.
  • Paid time off for community service initiatives and generous holiday schedule.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
Ford Model E Platform Architecture Engineering is looking for a Staff Diagnostics and Embedded Cyber Security Engineer to be part of the microcontroller which is designing the software stack from ground up to enable a best in class vehicle infotainment platform using the latest technologies. You will be contributing to key features like vehicle access, networking and power management for highly complex systems across various domains to improve performance as well as the user experience for Ford customers.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
• Define, design and develop complex features with multiple stakeholders for the next generation of Ford Electric Vehicles.
• Collaborate with the Hardware, Systems and Integration teams to develop requirements and functional test cases for features including CI/CD tests when possible.
• Lead the effort to diagnose and improve existing features to enhance the Ford customer experience.
• Collaborate with teams across software, hardware, integration, UI/UX and others to drive innovation and tackle any issues that arise throughout the product development cycle.
• Develop tooling as well as diagnostic and other interfaces between various vehicle access components.
• Integrate the software and feature into the controller's codebase.
• Use data driven analysis tools to verify and diagnose vehicle software in the field.

Qualifications

You'll have...
• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 10+ years proven working experience in software engineering.
• Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded systems.
• Programming experience in C, C++ and Python.
• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), Linux and building concurrent systems.
• Strong documentation, writing, and communications skills.
• Must be willing to learn and dive into unknown areas.

Even better, you may have...
• M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with automotive networks like CAN, LIN, automotive Ethernet
• Experience with wireless networks like BLE, UWB, NFC and WiFi.
• Experience in automotive systems and applications.
• Familiarity with Vector and Intrepid tools
• Familiarity with MISRA, AutoSAR and functional safety (ISO 26262)
• Experience negotiating with hardware and or software vendors
• Experience with Yocto Linux

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-JD2 #UEV

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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Net Income
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Founded
1903
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