Automotive Software Quality Engineer – ISO 26262 Focus

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Software or Systems Engineer to join our Software Quality Assurance organization in Michigan. The role focuses on early defect detection and prevention to improve software quality across automotive platforms.

You will lead defect prevention, perform design reviews, and coach teams on ISO 26262 and ASPICE while collaborating with cross-functional groups across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience in automotive with focus on quality, warranty analysis, or V&V.
• 3+ years of defect detection and prevention methodologies.
• 3+ years' experience in software design reviews for architecture/quality.
• 2+ years of ISO 26262 Functional Safety implementation.
• 2+ years’ embedded software development with C/C++, AUTOSAR or similar tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead early defect detection and prevention strategies across software development.
• Define techniques for process improvement to raise software quality and reliability.
• Conduct software design reviews to ensure compliance with standards.
• Support Failure Mode Analysis (FMA) to identify and mitigate software risks.
• Participate in engineering joint reviews and quality reviews for best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve verification and validation processes.
• Analyze warranty, field, and test data to identify systemic software issues and drive corrective actions.
• Coach and train engineering teams on software quality best practices, ISO 26262 and ASPICE compliance.
• Contribute to process development and improvement within the software quality organization.

Skills

Embedded software

C/C++

AUTOSAR

ISO 26262

ASPICE

FMA

Software design reviews

Defect detection & prevention

Coaching & training

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

AUTOSAR

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Software or Systems Engineer to join our Software Quality Assurance organization in Michigan. The role focuses on early defect detection and prevention to improve software quality across automotive platforms.

You will lead defect prevention, perform design reviews, and coach teams on ISO 26262 and ASPICE while collaborating with cross-functional groups across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains.