Software Release Systems Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision, and

Paid parental leave

Family building benefits including adp

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a systems engineer to drive the end-to-end delivery of vehicle software update solutions. You will own the system architecture, decompose requirements, and ensure successful integration across vehicle nodes and cloud components.

You will lead technical design reviews, coordinate with D&R engineers, suppliers, and operations, and validate updates through CAN/Ethernet testing. Hybrid work with onsite presence preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required for consider.
• Experience with system-level design in complex environments.
• Experience with software release processes for vehicles or networked embedded systems.
• Familiarity with devops pipelines and deployment of embedded software.
• Knowledge of automotive communications, CAN and Ethernet.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the Vehicle Software Update delivery cycle.
• Own system-level design and define architecture; decompose requirements and define integration points.
• Draft, release and manage technical specifications in JAMA as a single source of truth.
• Explain complex requirements to partners including D&R engineers and suppliers.
• Conduct PoCs to support sprint deliveries and validate design assumptions.
• Sign off on test plans and ensure solution quality and completeness.
• Perform physical vehicle testing using CAN and Ethernet to verify updates.
• Monitor requirements and track deviations during development.
• Lead issue triage and support downstream teams and field deployment.
• Analyze complex failures to identify root causes and implement fixes.
• Participate in Technical Design Reviews and project meetings.

Skills

Technical leadership

System-level design

OTA release processes

Embedded software

CAN and Ethernet

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Git

Job description

In this position

As a member of the Systems Engineering team for Vehicle Software Updates, you will serve as a technical linchpin, driving the end-to-end delivery of robust software releasing solutions across multiple deployment environments. You will be responsible for the architectural integrity of the system, from initial requirement decomposition to final vehicle validation and field support.

What you'll do

• Provide technical leadership throughout the Vehicle Software Update delivery cycle, ensuring all milestones are met with high-quality engineering standards


• Own the system-level design and define the overarching architecture. Decompose high-level requirements into logical component responsibilities and define precise integration points between vehicle nodes and cloud components


• Author, release and manage detailed technical specifications in JAMA, ensuring a 'single source of truth' for the system


• Communicate and explain complex requirements to partners, including D&R engineers, suppliers, Cloud Operations and Systems teams


• Perform early-stage bring-up and prototype proofs-of-concept (PoCs) to support incremental sprint deliveries and validate design assumptions


• Sign off on the correctness and completeness of test plans, demonstrating ultimate accountability for the solution


• Conduct physical vehicle testing using CAN, Ethernet and other diagnostic tools to verify software update functionality


• Monitor requirement fulfillment and track deviations throughout development


• Lead issue triaging and provide expert support to downstream teams, including conformance, system and service testers, and field deployment teams


• Analyze complex system failures to identify root causes. Define and implement resolution and prevention strategies


• Facilitate and participate in Technical Design Reviews (TDRs), project meetings and high-level presentations for business and technical audiences

You'll have

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.


• At least 5 years of experience in system-level design within complex environments


• At least 2 years of direct experience with software release processes for vehicles (OTA, Service or Manufacturing) or networked embedded systems


• At least 2 years of direct experience with developer operations pipelines, software release management processes and/or embedded software deployment systems

Even better, you may have

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering


• Deep familiarity with modern software development practices


• Proven ability to systematically resolve complex technical issues under pressure


• Understanding of software engineering best practices, including coding standards, source control management (Git), build processes and full-lifecycle testing and operations


• At least 2 years of experience with automotive communication protocols, specifically CAN and Ethernet

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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


• 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


• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.