Senior Systems Engineer, Multimedia Platforms (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Prescription drug coverage

Parental leave

Back-up child care

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford is seeking a senior technical leader in Palo Alto to drive end-to-end multimedia architecture and system integration across vehicles, software, and hardware. The role requires deep expertise in graphics, touch, audio, video, and networking, plus strong hardware-software integration and real-time systems know-how.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, set performance targets, and influence engineering standards while collaborating across domains.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, systems architecture, or multimedia platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end multimedia architecture, interfaces, requirements, and integration strategy.
• Lead integration across applications, middleware, operating systems, drivers, networks, and hardware.
• Establish performance targets and optimization strategies for latency, responsiveness, throughput, CPU, GPU, memory, power, and thermal behavior.
• Drive system characterization, bottleneck analysis, and root-cause resolution using data and telemetry.
• Guide architectural trade‑offs across performance, reliability, scalability, safety, security, cost, and delivery.
• Identify systemic risks and drive resolution across organizational boundaries.
• Influence technical direction and engineering standards across teams.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Technical judgment

System architecture

Multimedia platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Embedded Linux

Android

RTOS

Job description

Ford is seeking a senior technical leader in Palo Alto to drive end-to-end multimedia architecture and system integration across vehicles, software, and hardware. The role requires deep expertise in graphics, touch, audio, video, and networking, plus strong hardware-software integration and real-time systems know-how.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, set performance targets, and influence engineering standards while collaborating across domains.