Application Software Developer

Join Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team to help design, build, integrate, and maintain high-quality Android-based software that enables seamless navigation experiences within the vehicle.

As an Application Software Developer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust navigation solutions. You will implement software using Java, Kotlin, C++, including concurrent and asynchronous programming patterns such as multithreading and coroutines. You will integrate Android software with embedded automotive or Linux-based platforms and help ensure reliable performance in constrained system environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Android services and applications that support embedded and mobile third-party navigation experiences across multiple in-vehicle displays.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including platform, integration, system, and product stakeholders to deliver robust navigation solutions.

• Implement software using Java, Kotlin, C++, including concurrent and asynchronous programming patterns such as multithreading and coroutines.

• Integrate Android software with embedded automotive or Linux-based platforms and help ensure reliable performance in constrained system environments.

• Debug and troubleshoot issues across application, service, and embedded system layers using appropriate tools and techniques.

• Participate in code reviews, contribute to software design discussions, and promote sound object-oriented design principles and development best practices.

• Support the team through source control, collaboration, and development workflows using GitHub.

• Contribute to planning, estimation, and execution within an Agile software development environment.

• Continuously improve software quality, maintainability, and team productivity through effective engineering practices and tooling.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field of study.

• 7+ years of experience in embedded software development.

• 3+ years experience with Android development on Java and Kotlin.

• Proven experience with multi-threaded embedded systems design and Real-Time OS (RTOS) concepts.