DAT DevOps Engineer

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford's ADAS DevOps Team in Dearborn, MI is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms that support ADAS software development.

You will optimize GitHub Actions workflows for C/C++, Python, and multi-language pipelines, improve Bazel-based builds, automate Terraform, and manage Docker containers and Kubernetes workloads.

This role is hybrid with four days onsite weekly and requires 2+ years of DevOps experience and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
• Hands-on production experience with GitHub Actions for building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• 2+ years of experience with Docker-based containerization.
• 2+ years of experience with Linux fundamentals.
• 2+ years of experience with scripting Python.
• 2+ years of experience working with C and/or C++ codebases and build tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms supporting ADAS software development.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize GitHub Actions workflows for C/C++, Python, and multi-language build pipelines.
• Support and improve Bazel-based build systems, including build performance, caching, and CI integration.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Build, maintain, and deploy Docker containers and support Kubernetes-based workloads.
• Partner with software engineers to integrate CI/CD best practices into C/C++ development workflows.
• Improve reliability and observability of CI/CD systems through monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional ADAS teams to remove DevOps, build, and infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Implement secure CI/CD practices including secrets management, artifact signing, and access controls.

Skills

GitHub Actions

C/C++ builds

Bazel

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Python

Communication

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Bazel

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position...

Ford’s ADAS DevOps Team is looking for a DevOps Engineer to help build and operate the platforms and pipelines that support advanced driver‑assistance systems software and tooling.

In this role, you’ll focus on reliable, secure, and scalable CI/CD automation—with an emphasis on GitHub Actions, large-scale C/C++ build systems, and Bazel. You’ll partner with software and infrastructure teams to improve build performance, streamline development workflows, and support safety‑critical engineering.

What you’ll do...

Design, build, and operate enterprise‑scale CI/CD platforms supporting ADAS software development.

Develop, maintain, and optimize GitHub Actions workflows for C/C++, Python, and multi‑language build pipelines.

Support and improve Bazel‑based build systems, including build performance, caching, and CI integration.

Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

Build, maintain, and deploy Docker containers and support Kubernetes‑based workloads.

Partner with software engineers to integrate CI/CD best practices into C/C++ development workflows.

Improve reliability and observability of CI/CD systems through monitoring, logging, and alerting.

Collaborate with cross‑functional ADAS teams to remove DevOps, build, and infrastructure bottlenecks.

Implement secure CI/CD practices including secrets management, artifact signing, and access controls.

You’ll have...

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.

2+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.

Hands‑on, production experience with GitHub Actions for building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

2+ years of experience with Docker‑based containerization.

2+ years of experience with Linux fundamentals

2+ years of experience with scripting Python

2+ years of experience working with C and/or C++ codebases and build tooling.

Strong communication skills and ability to work across diverse engineering teams.

Even better, you may have...

Experience building CI/CD pipelines for large mono‑repos or multi‑repo environments.

Hands‑on experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.

Strong experience supporting Bazel build systems in CI environments.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes deployments and operational patterns.

Experience with build optimization techniques such as remote caching and parallelization in Bazel.

Familiarity with backend services or APIs built in Python (FastAPI, Flask, or Django).

Experience implementing CI/CD observability, metrics, and alerting.

Experience operating workloads on public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).

Interest or familiarity with ADAS, embedded systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicle software.

Experience with self‑hosted GitHub Actions runners.

Exposure to SRE practices and reliability engineering.

Experience supporting ML or data‑intensive CI workflows.

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.

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.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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.