Senior Systems Integration Engineer - IVI Software

Ford Motor Company; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Hybrid work arrangement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced test engineer to drive end-to-end IVI software integration and validation across embedded platforms. You will partner with systems engineers to validate features and power-state transitions, and you will develop automated test coverage for owned features in bench and vehicle environments.

The role emphasizes test automation, diagnostics, and cross-functional collaboration, with a hybrid work arrangement near Palo Alto, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience integrating and testing complex software systems.
• Strong understanding of QA processes and testing methodologies.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end IVI software integration, validation, and release readiness across platforms.
• Support vehicle integration and test coverage across programs.
• Collaborate with system engineers to validate features and power-state transitions.
• Develop and maintain automated test coverage for owned features.
• Design, build, and maintain test benches, instrumentation, and diagnostics.

Skills

Software testing methodologies

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering / CS

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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

• Bachelor’s degree or better in software engineering, computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 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.

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.

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.

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 salary grade 8 and ranges from $138,800-232,700.

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.