# Network Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Allen Park, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $85,400-$143,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated In-Vehicle Network Engineer working with CAN and Ethernet networks. This role is crucial for enabling the evolution of our next-generation vehicle architecture.

In this hands-on role, you will help define and release core communication building blocks for our in-vehicle network. You will help in understanding requirements and reviewing software that is built against them; diagnosing network issues; developing innovative ways to simplify network configurations; and shaping how the network will evolve for future vehicle programs.

Your expertise will be key as you work closely with hardware/software architects, feature owners, and platform experts to transform strategic designs into implementable network artifacts that will drive our platforms forward.

**Responsibilities**

- Ensure that downstream development teams are tracking to deliver software from their network stacks based on our requirements through formal Ford processes.

- Develop and deliver network requirements that seek to enhance the underlying operation of in-vehicle networks.

- Help to debug anomalies that arise due to network software errors or non-compliance with Ford standards.

- Design and maintain scripts and tools that help to make the delivery of network artifacts more efficient.

- Work with Design & Release Engineers from various vehicle programs to facilitate the delivery of software from suppliers.

- Collaborate with network stack suppliers to make sure ECU software complies with their requirements.

**Qualifications**

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

- 2+ years of work experience in software engineering, with a focus on embedded systems.

- 2+ years of experience in distributed systems (Automotive, Defense, Industry, IoT, IT, etc.).

- 2+ years of experience applying knowledge of network architecture, protocols, and communication standards with an emphasis on Ethernet.

- 2+ years of experience in Network Analysis and Simulation tools.

**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.

## Skills

### Required
- network architecture
- Ethernet
- CAN networking
- embedded systems
- distributed systems
- Network Analysis and Simulation tools

### Nice to have
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- CAN signaling principles
- Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Gherkin
- automotive embedded OSes
- E2E protection
- Network Management
- automotive Ethernet software components
- DBC and/or ARXML formats
- LLMs / AI

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