BMS Embedded Software Development Engineer

Lincoln Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Lincoln Motor Company seeks a Battery Management Embedded Software Engineer to own the base software platform beneath the application layer for BMS controllers, including the RTOS, HAL, drivers, and security foundation. The role covers hardware bring-up, secure boot/update mechanisms, and robust data logging and diagnostics.

You will collaborate with application engineers, support cross‑functional teams, and travel occasionally while delivering a safe, scalable software stack for high‑voltage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years developing embedded software in C for real-time systems.
• Strong microcontroller fundamentals: memory maps, interrupts, DMA, timing, determinism.
• Production experience with a real-time operating system or similar scheduling framework.
• Driver development from datasheets and hardware debugging.

Responsibilities

• Own board bring-up and hardware abstraction: clocks, memory, timers, interrupts, watchdog.
• Configure RTOS scheduling and task partitioning with runtime monitoring.
• Develop drivers for cell monitoring front-end devices and analog/digital I/O.
• Own communication stacks and diagnostic services, including CAN/CAN FD.
• Own bootloader, flashing, update, and rollback across controllers.
• Implement secure boot, secure flashing, and hardware security key handling.
• Own persistent data logging and storage management.
• Own the embedded build environment and CI pipeline.
• Integrate application, controls, and algorithms onto the platform; support debugging.
• Define base-software-to-application interfaces.
• Support supplier software assessment and technical transfer.
• Debug at hardware level with oscilloscope/logic analyzers and on-chip debuggers.

Skills

Embedded C for RTOS

RTOS configuration

Driver development

Board bring-up

Communication stacks

Bootloader/Flash

Secure boot/cryptography

Non-volatile storage

Build/CI

Interface definition

Timing analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

On-chip debuggers

Job description

In this position...

The Battery Management Embedded Software Engineer owns the base software platform beneath the application layer for high-voltage battery management controllers — the real-time operating system, hardware abstraction, drivers, communication stacks, software update mechanism, and security foundation.

Assignments may include string-level or system-level battery management controllers and may shift across the product architecture over the life of the program.

The ideal candidate has brought up embedded hardware from first power-on, written drivers from datasheets, integrated and hardened communication stacks, and owned a production software update path.

What you'll do...

• Own board bring-up and hardware abstraction: clocks, memory, timers, interrupts, watchdog, and system basis chip integration.

• Configure and maintain the real-time operating system and scheduling architecture; own task partitioning, timing budgets, and runtime monitoring.

• Develop and integrate device drivers for cell monitoring front-end devices, voltage and current measurement, isolation monitoring interfaces, analog and digital I/O, high-side drivers, discrete inputs and outputs, and non-volatile storage.

• Own communication stacks and services, including automotive serial networks and diagnostic services.

• Own the bootloader and the software flashing, update, and rollback mechanism, including update across multiple controllers.

• Implement secure boot, secure flashing, secure debug access, signed image verification, and hardware security module key handling, in partnership with cybersecurity engineering.

• Own persistent data logging and event storage, including storage media management, retention, and retrieval.

• Own the embedded build environment, static analysis, unit test framework, and continuous integration pipeline.

• Integrate application, controls, and algorithm software onto the platform; support application engineers with debug, tracing, and runtime measurement.

• Define and document the base-software-to-application interface so application development can proceed independently of the platform.

• Support supplier software assessment and technical transfer.

• Debug at the hardware level with oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers, and on-chip debuggers.

You'll have...

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

• 5+ years developing embedded software in C for resource-constrained real-time systems.

• Strong microcontroller architecture fundamentals: memory maps, interrupts, DMA, timing, and determinism.

• Production experience with a real-time operating system or equivalent scheduling framework.

• Driver development from datasheets and hands-on hardware debug experience.

• Communication protocol implementation experience including CAN or CAN FD.

• Bootloader, flashing, or software update implementation experience.

• Version control, code review, and continuous integration discipline.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally

Even better, you may have...

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.

• Battery management, high-voltage, or safety-relevant control unit software experience.

• Layered automotive base software architecture experience.

• Experience interfacing to cell monitoring front-end devices over isolated serial or CAN-based interfaces.

• Secure boot, secure flashing, hardware security module, or cryptographic library integration.

• Software development under functional safety and cybersecurity process requirements.

• Familiarity with industrial communication protocol stacks in addition to automotive networks.

• MISRA C compliance and static analysis toolchains.

• Continuous integration and hardware-in-the-loop automation for embedded targets.

Technical Skills

• Embedded C for real-time systems

• Real-time operating system configuration and scheduling

• Hardware abstraction and driver development

• Board bring-up and hardware debug

• Communication stacks and diagnostic services

• Bootloader, flashing, update, and rollback

• Secure boot, secure flashing, and key handling

• Non-volatile storage and data logging

• Build environment, static analysis, and continuous integration

• Base software to application interface definition

• Timing analysis and runtime measurement

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 7 and ranges from $99,600-$166,600.,

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $115,000-$192,900.

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.

Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

Visa sponsorship is not 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.

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