Description
Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is seeking a Software Campaign Prevention Specialist to join their Product Digital Integrity organization.
The successful candidate will 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, support Failure Mode Analysis (FMA) efforts, participate in engineering joint reviews and quality reviews, collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyze warranty and test data, partner with suppliers, coach and train engineering teams, and contribute to process development and improvement.
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 Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience in the automotive industry, with a strong focus on quality, warranty analysis, or verification & validation.
- 2+ years of experience in software defect detection and prevention methodologies.
- 2+ years of experience in software design reviews to ensure compliance with architectural and quality standards.
- 2+ years of experience in Failure Mode Analysis (FMA) for software systems.
- 2+ years of experience in ISO 26262 Functional Safety implementation and assessments.
- Strong 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 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.
Salary: $74,300 - $166,200 per year