Senior Diagnostics & Embedded Cyber Security Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible time off and holidays

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Staff Diagnostics and Embedded Cyber Security Engineer for the Ford Model E Platform Architecture Engineering team in Palo Alto. You will design features for vehicle access, networking and power management in an embedded stack, collaborating across hardware, software and UI/UX to deliver a top-tier user experience.

You’ll work on RTOS/Linux based systems with C/C++/Python, lead diagnostics and use data-driven methods to improve in-field performance.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years proven software engineering experience.
• Hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded systems.
• Programming in C, C++ and Python.
• Experience with RTOS, Linux and building concurrent systems.
• Strong documentation, writing and communications skills.
• Willingness to learn and explore unknown areas.

Responsibilities

• Define, design and develop complex features with multiple stakeholders for next-gen Ford EVs.
• Collaborate with Hardware, Systems and Integration teams to develop requirements and tests.
• Lead efforts to diagnose and improve existing features for Ford customers.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, UI/UX and others to drive innovation and resolve issues.
• Develop tooling and diagnostic interfaces between vehicle access components.
• Integrate software and features into the controller’s codebase.
• Use data-driven analysis tools to verify and diagnose vehicle software in the field.

Skills

C/C++/Python

Embedded systems

RTOS

Linux

Documentation

Willing to learn

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

M.S. preferred

Tools

Vector

Intrepid

Yocto

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Staff Diagnostics and Embedded Cyber Security Engineer for the Ford Model E Platform Architecture Engineering team in Palo Alto. You will design features for vehicle access, networking and power management in an embedded stack, collaborating across hardware, software and UI/UX to deliver a top-tier user experience.

You’ll work on RTOS/Linux based systems with C/C++/Python, lead diagnostics and use data-driven methods to improve in-field performance.