Staff Embedded Platform Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced Embedded Software Developer to join its Electric Vehicles team. This leadership role emphasizes the design and implementation of advanced low-level software for automotive applications. Candidates should have strong communication skills and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. The position offers flexible opportunities that support your career growth and work-life balance.

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care days

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off for community service

Generous paid holidays

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in embedded software development using C.
• Experience with Automotive MCUs from NXP, TI, STM.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and design.

Responsibilities

• Specify requirements and design low-level software for scalable platforms.
• Develop multicore, time/safety critical software architectures.
• Create efficient real-time software components.

Skills

Embedded software development

Communication

Circuit analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

git

make

bazel

python

bash

Job description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of relevant experience in embedded software development using C
• Experience with Automotive MCU’s from NXP, TI, STM
• Experience with RTOS’s such as u-velOSity, FreeRTOS, safeRTOS.
• Experience with bare metal and RTOS software development including board bring-up
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with git.
• Experience with build systems such as make and bazel
• Experience with scripting languages such as python or bash.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
• Excellent communication skills

Even better, you may have...

• Experience in driver development and RTOS integration.
• Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools.
• Experience with ISO26262 development
• Experience with Automotive technologies such as CAN, LIN, UDS, DoIP.
• Experience with Automotive testing tools such as Vector Canoe
• Knowledge of MISRA.
• Knowledge of commercial compilers and embedded debugging tools such as GHS and Keil.

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
• Flexible family care days, 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
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 6. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6SP3

Visa sponsorship is available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LI-Hybrid #LI-MZ1

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

• Specify requirements, design, implement, and test both bare metal and RTOS low-level software for creating a scalable platform.
• Develop multicore, time / safety critical software architectures.
• Work with/resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs.
• Create elegant, efficient real-time software components and interfaces.
• Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness.
• Work with hardware and debuggers at a bench and HIL level to verify software operation.
• Define system-level power / compute / communication requirements and implement solutions that allow different applications to achieve different combinations of configurations.
• Profile power / CPU / bus usage and identify opportunities for optimization on the submodule as well as system level.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes.