Camera Software & Firmware Delivery Lead

Ford-Motor-Company; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Camera Software Engineering Manager to own end-to-end delivery of in-vehicle camera features, aligning IVI software with embedded firmware from concept to production release.

Lead cross-functional teams across Android, firmware, hardware/SoC, security, V&V, quality, and manufacturing to ship live video streaming, image capture, ML-powered features, and object detection with robust CI/CD and security practices.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading or managing engineering teams that delivered shipped products.
• Familiarity with camera/video software, including capture pipelines, ISP, streaming, H.264/H.265 codecs, and latency-sensitive real-time systems
• Understanding ML inference and computer-vision workflows for camera apps, including model integration and deployment on constrained platforms
• Solid understanding of Linux OS fundamentals, system-level programming, and driver integration
• Experience owning features end-to-end across application and embedded/firmware layers
• Cross-functional communication and program management skills
• CI/CD, automated testing, and code-quality gates

Responsibilities

• Own camera feature delivery end-to-end across IVI software and embedded firmware.
• Define and refine product requirements, coordinate releases, and establish milestones.
• Translate product requirements into a technical roadmap for IVI and embedded firmware.
• Define, track, and communicate milestones, dependencies, and risks to keep releases on schedule.
• Lead interface contracts between IVI and firmware, including diagnostics and firmware update flows.
• Guide video streaming pipeline architecture and latency optimization.
• Integrate ML and CV capabilities for detection, classification, tracking.
• Coordinate with vehicle network interfaces and automotive Ethernet.
• Define test strategies, integration plans, and acceptance criteria with V&V and QA teams.
• Coordinate software integration, bench testing, and vehicle-level validation.
• Champion CI pipelines, test frameworks, and code-quality gates.
• Partner with security on secure boot, TLS, and provisioning.
• Drive manufacturing readiness including OTA distribution and production flashing workflows.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on progress, risks, and release readiness.

Skills

Camera software

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

CI/CD

ML integration

Linux fundamentals

C/C++

Embedded/firmware

Automotive Ethernet

Tools

OTA tooling

CI/CD pipelines

V&V tooling

Linux driver development tools

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks a Camera Software Engineering Manager to own end-to-end delivery of in-vehicle camera features, aligning IVI software with embedded firmware from concept to production release.

Lead cross-functional teams across Android, firmware, hardware/SoC, security, V&V, quality, and manufacturing to ship live video streaming, image capture, ML-powered features, and object detection with robust CI/CD and security practices.