Senior Software Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress.

Join the Ford Product Development team as a Senior Software Engineer. You'll work on delivering breakthrough products and services that delight customers, utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Coordinate software development efforts to ensure alignment with defined requirements and seamless integration with other system components.
• Design, develop, and test embedded software components for adhering to coding standards and industry best practices.
• Develop software for safety-critical components, including battery protections.
• Help define test cases with the test team and provide detailed requirements and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to algorithms and controls development for power electronics modules.
• Verify the performance and reliability of algorithms by testing power converters on high-voltage test benches.
• Extract and document detailed component-level requirements for battery management systems and power electronics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with overall vehicle objectives.
• Participate in review processes for firmware, hardware, system, and functional safety teams.
• Collaborate with mechanical, hardware, and system teams for seamless integration of hardware and software components.
• Develop and optimize calibration parameters to enhance safety, improve performance, and deliver exceptional user experiences.
• Participate in functional safety and failure avoidance analysis of complex electrical and software vehicle subsystems.

Qualifications

You will have:

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Experience with embedded C software within RTOS and bare-metal environments.
• Experience with developing and optimizing low-level peripheral drivers for ARM Cortex processor architecture.
• Experience with performing hardware circuit analysis and troubleshooting.
• Experience with integrating high-voltage components in an EV.
• Experience with implementing driver and vehicle communication protocols.
• Experience with developing software in accordance with MISRA C and ISO 26262 functional safety requirements.
• Experience with implementing battery management algorithms.
• Experience with developing firmware and real-time controls algorithms for power converters.
• Experience with assessing software behavior and controls algorithm performance using Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) platforms.

Benefits

We offer:

• 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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time