Staff Platform Security Engineer

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is seeking a Staff Platform Security Engineer to help deliver the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future.

The successful candidate will design and implement embedded security solutions for next-generation automotive platforms, translate high-level security and system requirements into scalable, secure embedded system designs, and collaborate with systems engineering to refine requirements and ensure feasibility in embedded environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and implementing embedded security solutions for next-generation automotive platforms
• Translating high-level security and system requirements into scalable, secure embedded system designs
• Collaborating with systems engineering to refine requirements and ensure feasibility in embedded environments
• Partnering with cybersecurity teams to define and implement security architectures and platform-level security components
• Working closely with test teams to support validation activities, including test case development and issue resolution
• Identifying gaps in existing architecture and design, then building and integrating missing components end-to-end
• Developing, maintaining, and optimizing embedded software using Embedded C as the primary language
• Implementing and supporting unit testing and participating in broader system and integration testing efforts
• Utilizing Git for version control and Jira for task/issue tracking to manage day-to-day development work
• Contributing to secure services, key provisioning workflows, and cryptographic operations within the platform
• Troubleshooting complex issues in a Linux-based embedded environment, including performance and security-related defects
• Operating as a self-directed engineer, driving delivery of key platform milestones and contributing production-level code on aggressive timelines

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 10+ years of embedded systems development experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Embedded C as primary development language
• Proven track record of building security into shipped embedded products
• Strong experience working in Linux-based embedded environments
• Experience designing and implementing embedded security solutions (platform-level security, secure services, key provisioning, etc.)
• Comfortable working in early-stage, prototype, and pre–go-to-market environments
• Ability to work independently, operate in ambiguity, and drive solutions end-to-end
• Experience collaborating with systems engineering, cybersecurity, and test/validation teams
• Proficiency with Git for source control
• Experience using Jira or similar tools for work tracking and issue management
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and unit testing skills in embedded contexts

Benefits include:

• 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