Systems and Software Quality Engineer

Ford Quality is responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts to deliver high-quality products and services. As a Systems and Software Quality Engineer, you will play a critical role in driving early defect detection and prevention to enhance software quality across Ford's automotive platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Lead early defect detection and prevention strategies across software development
• Define methods and strategies for process improvement to enhance software quality and reliability
• Conduct software design reviews to ensure compliance with architectural and quality standards
• Support Failure Mode Analysis (FMA) efforts to proactively identify and mitigate software risks
• Participate in engineering joint reviews and quality reviews to ensure best practices in software development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve software verification and validation processes
• Analyze warranty, field, and test data to identify systemic software quality issues and drive corrective actions
• Partner with suppliers and internal teams to enhance software quality, focusing on infotainment, connected gateways, and telematics
• Coach and train engineering teams on software quality best practices, including ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) and ASPICE compliance
• Contribute to process development and improvement within the software quality organization
• Effectively communicate complex software issues to both engineering teams and executive leadership

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 10+ years of software engineering experience in the automotive industry, with a strong focus on quality, warranty analysis, or verification & validation
• 10+ years of systems and Design and Release engineering experience in the automotive industry
• 3+ years of proven expertise in software defect detection and prevention methodologies
• 3+ years of experience in software design reviews to ensure compliance with architectural and quality standards
• 3+ years of strong background in experience with Failure Mode Analysis (FMA) for software systems
• 2+ years of experience in ISO 26262 Functional Safety implementation and assessments
• 2+ years of experience with embedded software development expertise, with experience in C/C++, AUTOSAR, or similar technologies

Benefits:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare, 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