Lead ADAS OTA Software Updates Engineer (Hybrid)

Ford, Inc; Dearborn (MI); Ibrido; USD 100.000 - 167.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave and family care support

Vehicle discount program for employees

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Employee resource groups

Descrizione del lavoro

Ford is seeking an ADAS Software Update Systems Engineer in Dearborn, MI. The role owns the system design for OTA updates, translating use cases into implementable requirements for software and hardware teams.

You will collaborate with software engineers, D&R, suppliers, and Cloud Ops to ensure secure, reliable update processes across ECUs, while maintaining architectural traceability and safety.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded software, or automotive electronics, with responsibility for software update / OTA systems.
• Strong understanding of software update/OTA architectures, including update sequencing, rollback strategies, and multi-ECU coordination.
• Working knowledge of automotive networking and diagnostic protocols, including UDS (ISO 14229), CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet-based automotive networks.
• Experience working with external suppliers and holding them accountable to technical requirements.

Mansioni

• Architect and own the software update strategy for the ADAS system, defining system requirements from concept through production using systems engineering principles.
• Ensure the ADAS system meets corporate software update specifications and architecture requirements, as well as networking and diagnostic standards such as UDS (ISO 14229).
• Evaluate corporate software update specifications and architecture and identify where further specification is required to achieve successful software update for the ADAS system based on system architecture and ECU design.
• Author specifications and behavioral models (e.g., state diagrams, sequence diagrams) that translate system-level use cases into implementable requirements for software and hardware teams.
• Communicate complex technical requirements clearly to a diverse set of partners, including D&R engineers, suppliers, Cloud Operations, and Systems teams.
• Partner directly with software engineers throughout development to guide implementation, resolve open design questions, and ensure requirements are correctly interpreted and realized in code.
• Lead or support investigations into anomalies identified during development, working with internal engineering functions and suppliers to identify root cause and feed findings back into system architecture and specifications.
• Define validation criteria for the specifications you author, treating validation as the final checkpoint of a strategy you built — not a standalone verification task.
• Manage software update issue triage across the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the appropriate cybersecurity and functional safety counterparts to ensuring update mechanisms meet ADAS-level safety and security requirements.
• Maintain clear documentation of architecture decisions, specifications, and validation outcomes to support traceability and knowledge transfer across teams.

Conoscenze

Systems engineering

Embedded software

Automotive electronics

MBSE

UDS (ISO 14229)

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science / Systems Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science / Systems Engineering

Strumenti

DOORS

System modeling tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Ford is seeking an ADAS Software Update Systems Engineer in Dearborn, MI. The role owns the system design for OTA updates, translating use cases into implementable requirements for software and hardware teams.

You will collaborate with software engineers, D&R, suppliers, and Cloud Ops to ensure secure, reliable update processes across ECUs, while maintaining architectural traceability and safety.