# Lead Engineering Technician | Software

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $118,700-$198,500
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

The Lead Engineering Technician will support Software Engineering teams by prototyping integrated testing platforms, flashing software, and troubleshooting system faults.

## Responsibilities

- Design and fabricate software and hardware testing equipment.

- Troubleshoot and resolve software and hardware integration issues.

- Collaborate with software developers, engineers, and other technicians to build software development equipment.

- Familiarity with Linux and shell commands.

- Ability to operate Fabrication and Machine Shop equipment.

- Ability to interpret network and wiring schematics.

- Ability to track work through Jira and other Atlassian tools.

- Maintain a strong understanding of electrical principles and automotive standards.

## Qualifications

- 2-year degree in Automotive Technology or relevant experience.

- 3+ years of experience in Machining and Fabricating parts.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in software integration and testing, preferably in the automotive industry.

- Hands-on experience building and launching automotive products and vehicle prototyping.

- Experience with Microsoft Office, Confluence, and Jira applications.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- An eagerness to work in a fast-paced cross-functional environment.

- A systems approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement.

## 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.

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- shell commands
- Fabrication and Machine Shop equipment
- network and wiring schematics
- Jira and Atlassian tools
- electrical principles
- automotive standards

### Nice to have
- software integration and testing
- Microsoft Office
- Confluence
- Jira applications
- written and verbal communication skills

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