Senior C++ Real-Time AR HUD Systems Engineer

Ford-Motor-Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Family care days

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead low-level C++ software for AR HUD pipelines and platform infrastructure. You will work across vehicle interfaces, sensors, and rendering stacks to enable real-time AR experiences in production-intent systems.

Candidates should have 7+ years in software engineering, strong C++ and system-level programming skills, and experience with Qt/OpenGL/Vulkan. This hybrid role sits in Dearborn, MI, with collaboration across ADAS and optics teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in C++ for performance-critical systems.
• System-level programming including multi-threading, memory, IPC.
• End-to-end ownership of a complex software subsystem including architecture and implementation.
• Experience integrating software with hardware, sensors, and embedded platforms.
• Experience with latency-sensitive or real-time applications and performance tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop low-level C++ for AR HUD pipelines and platform infrastructure.
• Integrate platform software with real-time AR rendering stacks (Qt/OpenGL/Vulkan).
• Interface with vehicle data pipelines (CAN/Ethernet) to ingest ADAS signals and localization data.
• Translate vehicle signals into real-time AR visualization inputs and support test environments.
• Define and execute validation strategies for latency, timing, and synchronization.
• Collaborate with optics and ADAS teams to drive technical decisions and mitigations.

Skills

C++

System-level programming

Multi-threading

Real-time

Software architecture

AR HUD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Qt

OpenGL

Vulkan

Unity/Unreal

CAN bus

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead low-level C++ software for AR HUD pipelines and platform infrastructure. You will work across vehicle interfaces, sensors, and rendering stacks to enable real-time AR experiences in production-intent systems.

Candidates should have 7+ years in software engineering, strong C++ and system-level programming skills, and experience with Qt/OpenGL/Vulkan. This hybrid role sits in Dearborn, MI, with collaboration across ADAS and optics teams.