# System Software Integration Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $99,600-$166,600 or $115,000-$192,900
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of automotive systems as a System Software Integration and Validation Engineer. You will design, develop, and execute verification and validation activities to ensure software meets high safety and performance standards.

## Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain complex automotive system level test benches to validate automotive systems with a focus on automation.

- Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans for automotive software systems and features.

- Design and execute test cases and test scripts to verify system functionality, performance, and safety.

- Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to enhance testing efficiency and accuracy.

- Integrate hardware and software components to create reliable and scalable test environments.

- Lead debug of issues encountered, working with cross-functional teams to identify root causes, confirm fixes, and provide guidance on protecting against future regressions.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software developers, controls engineers, and systems engineers to define and implement V&V strategies.

- Continuously improve testing processes and tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

- Prepare and present detailed reports on verification activities and results to stakeholders.

- Review warranty data to identify emerging trends and develop corrective actions.

- Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

- 6+ years of experience in the automotive or relevant industry.

- Strong understanding of automotive systems, embedded software, and control systems.

- Demonstrated experience with automotive testing instrumentation and tools.

- Proficiency in automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and FlexRay.

- Working knowledge of IDLs such as DBC, LDF, ARXML, and work with internal IDLs and frameworks.

- Experience with automotive or aerospace HIL test benches, particularly with dSPACE, Vector VT, or similar platforms.

- Experience writing and executing automated and manual tests.

- Deep expertise in EE architecture and integration of complex automotive systems.

- Proven track record of collaborating with large, cross-functional teams.

- Deep understanding of software development lifecycle and automotive testing methodologies.

- Experience in system-level debugging and root-cause analysis.

## 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

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments

- 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

## Salary

The salary range for this position is $99,600-$166,600 or $115,000-$192,900 depending on the salary grade, which will be determined based on candidate's skills and experience.

## Skills

### Required
- automotive systems
- embedded software
- control systems
- automotive testing instrumentation
- CAN
- LIN
- Ethernet
- FlexRay
- DBC
- LDF
- ARXML
- dSPACE
- Vector VT
- HIL test benches
- automated and manual tests
- EE architecture
- system-level debugging

### Nice to have
- Masters or PhD degree in a relevant engineering field
- safety-critical software development
- ISO 26262
- C/C++
- Python
- MATLAB
- fully electric vehicles

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