Senior Staff Embedded Systems Architect, IVI

Ford • Palo Alto, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.
In this position...
You'll be an Embedded Systems Architect and be part of the microcontroller team which is designing the software stack from ground up to enable a best-in-class vehicle infotainment safety island platform using the latest technologies. You will be contributing to key features like vehicle access, networking and power management for highly complex systems across various domains to improve performance as well as the user experience for Ford customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 12+ years proven working experience in software engineering.
• Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded systems.
• Programming experience in C, C++ and Python.
• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), Linux and building concurrent systems.
• Strong documentation, writing, and communications skills.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with automotive networks like CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet.
• Experience with wireless networks like BLE, UWB, NFC and WiFi.
• Experience with Cyber security and encryption
• Experience in automotive systems and applications.
• Familiarity with Vector and Intrepid tools
• Familiarity with MISRA, AutoSAR and functional safety (ISO 26262)
• Experience negotiating with hardware and or software vendors

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design: Define, design and document end-to-end high-level software/hardware architecture, defines technical requirements, and leads development teams including system, component, and API definitions.
• Technical Leadership: Lead technical direction, drive code reviews, and establish coding standards and best practices. Lead the effort to diagnose and improve existing features to enhance the Ford customer experience.
• Hardware/Software Integration: Collaborate with hardware teams to bring up, test, and debug system-level designs, drivers, and peripheral interfaces.
• Requirements Analysis: Analyze customer, product, and system-level requirements to create technical specifications.
• Performance Optimization: Develop strategies for optimizing system performance, including memory management, power consumption, and processing speed.
• Mentorship & Team Guidance: Provide technical mentoring to junior/senior engineers and guide the team in solving complex, cross-functional problems.
• Compliance & Process: Ensure designs adhere to industry standards (e.g., automotive SPICE) and drive development processes.
• Cross functional collaboration: Collaborate with teams across software, hardware, integration, UI/UX and others to drive innovation and tackle any issues that arise throughout the product development cycle.
• Data logging strategies: Strategize and optimize vehicle data collection. Use data driven analysis tools to verify and diagnose vehicle software in the field.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees