Senior Embedded Platform Engineer – Bootloader

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods, you’ll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We’re seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Embedded Platform Engineer – Bootloader, you will:

• Lead the design, development, testing, and maintenance of secure, high-performance boot loaders for Ford's next-generation electric vehicles.
• Work cross-functionally to define the boot loader architecture and interfaces for multiple ECUs using a variety of microprocessors.
• Resolve ambiguity in requirements, specifications, and designs.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship across the organization related to security, boot loaders, and software updates.
• Design safe, secure, portable code that scales as new ECUs and hardware platforms are added.
• Implement secure boot and secure software updates for a complex networked vehicle architecture using multiple physical layers.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate functionality, reliability, and performance under various conditions.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and regulatory requirements related to cybersecurity.
• Have a deep understanding of bootloader architectures, including secure boot and secure software updates.
• Hands-on experience in hardware bring-up, low-level software development, system debugging, and code optimization.
• Collaborate and communicate complex technical concepts.
• Deliver high-quality C code in a real-time embedded environment.
• Domestic and International Travel Required up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• 3 years of experience with each of the following skills:

1. Programming in C/C++ for embedded system development.
2. Working in an automotive engineering environment, with direct exposure to industry-specific standards, constraints, and development cycles.

• 2 years of experience with each of the following skills:

1. Automotive communication protocols, including CAN, CAN FD, Ethernet, and DoIP.
2. Diagnostic and network protocols including UDS (ISO 14229), CAN, DoIP (ISO 13400), and LIN.
3. Over-The-Air (OTA) update mechanisms, including secure firmware deployment and rollback strategies.
4. Low-level embedded software development, including bootloader design, driver bring-up, and RTOS integration.
5. Use of industry tools including Vector CANoe, NXP Design Studio, Git, and JIRA for development and validation.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.