ADAS Data Platform Supervisor

Ford • Dearborn, MI

18h

About The Position

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of five full stack software engineers. You will be responsible for the career growth of junior developers and the strategic direction of senior individual contributors. Take full ownership of our in-house visualization stack. This includes developing custom JavaScript extensions to overlay complex 3D data, such as integrating satellite imagery and map tiles with real-time vehicle perception data. Oversee the development of web applications used by data analysts to annotate vehicle events. Ensure seamless integration between backend and frontend interfaces, managing the lifecycle of data from mcap files to ML training sets via automated workflows. Own and maintain the backend multimodal file server. You will ensure the reliable streaming of data from our on-prem data centers to browser-based clients, optimizing for low latency and high concurrency. Apply rigorous systems thinking to the software lifecycle. You will decompose complex implementation requirements from a clear Concept of Operations (ConOps) and ensure all features are validated against real-world ADAS needs. Prioritize and enforce high standards for technical documentation to ensure the long-term maintainability of our tools. As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: 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. This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $129,600-244,680. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6 Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience with Foxglove Studio or similar robotics visualization platforms (e.g., Webviz, RViz).
• A strong understanding of server-client architecture
• Proven experience deploying and managing full stack applications on private/public cloud
• Proficiency handling large-scale multimodal data formats (mcap, rosbag).
• A proven track record of mentoring junior engineers and providing effective leadership and technical vision for senior engineers.
• The ability to distill high-level requirements and granular software implementation.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with ADAS concepts (perception, mapping, localization, path planning).
• Experience building tools specifically for machine learning data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of five full stack software engineers.
• Responsible for the career growth of junior developers and the strategic direction of senior individual contributors.
• Take full ownership of our in-house visualization stack.
• Developing custom JavaScript extensions to overlay complex 3D data, such as integrating satellite imagery and map tiles with real-time vehicle perception data.
• Oversee the development of web applications used by data analysts to annotate vehicle events.
• Ensure seamless integration between backend and frontend interfaces, managing the lifecycle of data from mcap files to ML training sets via automated workflows.
• Own and maintain the backend multimodal file server.
• Ensure the reliable streaming of data from our on-prem data centers to browser-based clients, optimizing for low latency and high concurrency.
• Apply rigorous systems thinking to the software lifecycle.
• Decompose complex implementation requirements from a clear Concept of Operations (ConOps) and ensure all features are validated against real-world ADAS needs.
• Prioritize and enforce high standards for technical documentation to ensure the long-term maintainability of our 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager