Software Engineer

The successful candidate will be part of the V&V Automation & Architecture team, working within the Test Strategy, Process, Toolchain and Reporting team.

In this role, you will design and develop software solutions that automate manual workflows, improve test data quality, integrate key engineering tools, and provide meaningful visibility into testing status, traceability, compliance, KPIs, and program deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Develop software solutions, scripts, integrations, dashboards, and automation capabilities that improve how V&V teams plan, execute, track, and report testing activities.
• Support the definition and implementation of L2, L3, and L4 testing processes, including their interconnectivity, dependencies, handoffs, and alignment with Ford development and release processes.
• Establish day-to-day toolchain usage guidelines, test tool configuration standards, and process documentation to ensure consistent execution across teams and programs.
• Build and maintain integrations between engineering tools such as JIRA, Jama, TestRail, BI platforms, and other internal systems using REST APIs, SQL, Python, and related technologies.
• Automate manual processes and workflows related to test data management, compliance checks, reporting, traceability, release readiness, and KPI tracking.
• Support standardization of test data across tools, including data structure, field usage, naming conventions, tagging strategies, and reporting expectations.
• Develop live dashboards, visualizations, and reports using tools such as PowerBI, Atlassian Analytics, or similar BI platforms to provide actionable insight into V&V status, progress, quality, risks, and deliverables.
• Create and maintain automated test data migration utilities, legacy data cleanup scripts, and test data compliance checks to improve data quality and reduce manual effort.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience developing software solutions using Python.
• 5+ years of experience writing and optimizing SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, reporting, or analytics use cases.
• 5+ years of experience working with REST APIs and building integrations between software tools, platforms, or enterprise systems.
• 2+ years of experience working with BI, analytics, or dashboarding tools such as PowerBI, Atlassian Analytics, Tableau, Looker, Grafana, or similar platforms.
• 2+ years of utilizing assistive AI tools effectively to support software development, debugging, documentation, analysis, and productivity.

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.