Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
- Lead and manage high-performing QA, System Integration and System Engineering teams responsible for the development of IVI systems for a transformative new line of Electric Vehicles.
- Integrate and test high performance compute and real-time software stacks
- Integrate software and hardware components within and across subsystems
- Apply system engineering to design, develop, and deploy production quality software
- Build prototypes to prove out design concepts
- Productize proof of concepts
- Drive cross-functional projects to ensure on-time delivery
- Debug and solve ambiguous problems ranging from component to system level
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, UX/UI, and quality assurance, to integrate Android systems with Ford’s EV ecosystem.
- Define and drive the system integration and QA strategies and roadmap for IVI system quality, ensuring alignment with Ford's long-term goals and vision for electric vehicles.
- Provide mentorship and career development opportunities to engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
- Manage project timelines, priorities, and resources to ensure successful, on-time delivery of IVI solutions.
- Champion best practices in software development, including code quality, security, and performance optimization.
Qualifications
You'll have...
- Bachelor’s degree or better in software engineering, computer science or a related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of software development experience in the automotive industry
- Deep understanding of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems and automotive technologies
- Experience with cross-functional collaboration, including hardware, software, and UX/UI teams.
- Experience in managing complex projects and delivering them on time.
- Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills.
- Experience with embedded application development
- Experience integrating automotive subsystems including real time software solutions
- Record of delivering products/software features in the automotive industry
- Proven experience in building and leading teams
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a results-driven mindset.
Even better, you may have...
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 4.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://go.ford/LL4Benefits
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
