Staff Systems Integration Engineer - IVI Software

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced IVI software testing lead to drive end-to-end integration and release readiness across embedded platforms. You will work with system engineers to validate features, expand automated test coverage, and build robust test benches and diagnostics.

A strong QA mindset and cross-team collaboration are essential for success. The role offers hybrid work in the California area, visa sponsorship, and a salary range reflecting leadership level 6, with base

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience integrating and testing complex software systems.
• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies and QA processes.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end integration, validation, and release readiness for IVI software across embedded platforms.
• Increase test coverage and integration support across vehicle programs.
• Validate features with system engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Develop and maintain automated test coverage and testing infrastructure.
• Diagnose complex issues across software, hardware, ECUs, and networks; perform root-cause analysis.

Skills

Software testing

CI/CD pipelines

Debugging complex systems

Cross-team communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or CS

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

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.

What you'll do

• Drive end-to-end integration, validation, and release readiness for IVI software across embedded platforms, middleware, multimedia, connectivity, and customer‑facing applications.
• Support vehicle integration and powermoding efforts by increasing test coverage and integration support across vehicle programs.
• Partner with system engineers and development teams to integrate and validate assigned IVI features, including power‑state transitions, sleep‑wake behavior, recovery scenarios, and other system‑level functionality.
• Develop and maintain automated test coverage for owned features, enabling repeatable validation across bench and vehicle environments.
• Design, build, and maintain test benches, vehicle instrumentation, diagnostics, logging tools, and supporting test infrastructure.
• Diagnose complex issues across software, hardware, ECUs, vehicle networks, and power states; perform root‑cause analysis and work cross‑functionally to drive resolution.

You'll have

• 5+ years of experience integrating and testing complex software systems
• A strong grasp of software testing methodologies, different types of testing, and quality assurance processes.
• Experience working with version control systems, like Git.
• Familiarity with the concepts and tools used in CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab CI
• A track record of successfully debugging complex software and system problems.
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities and a sharp eye for detail.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills – you can clearly explain technical concepts and work effectively across teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or better in software engineering, computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Even better, you may have

• Experience testing automotive infotainment systems or other complex embedded systems.
• Experience with Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) testing or testing directly on physical automotive hardware or vehicles.
• Experience working with specific infotainment operating systems (like Android Automotive, Linux) or graphical user interface toolkits.

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 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500.

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.

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.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.