Embedded Platform Integration Engineer

Ford Motor • Allen Park, MI

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Embedded Platform Integration Engineer will join Ford’s growing Body Controls team in Allen Park, Michigan, developing embedded software for Body Control Modules that integrate with existing architectures and next-generation vehicle systems. The role is part of Product Creation and Industrialization, which brings together vehicle, electric, digital, design, and manufacturing teams to develop vehicles, software, and customer experiences across gas, hybrid, and electric platforms.

The position focuses on bringing up and integrating MCU platforms, developing low-level embedded software, configuring AUTOSAR basic software and operating systems, and integrating CAN/LIN communications and diagnostic descriptions. It also involves power-state management, connecting non-AUTOSAR applications to ECU middleware, integrating application components, optimizing platform performance, resolving integration issues, and maintaining documentation and release support. The position is hybrid, with an onsite requirement of four or more days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• At least 3 years of embedded software experience.
• At least 2 years of programming experience in C/C++ or Python.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills and ability to write highly portable, platform-agnostic code.
• Experience with low-level interfaces such as I2C, SPI, ICU, PWM, GPT, and CAN.
• At least 1 year of experience developing proof-of-concept applications for automotive ECUs.
• At least 1 year of experience working in an agile environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience in software development for automotive control units.
• Experience with AUTOSAR methodology and workflows.
• Hands-on experience in AUTOSAR software development or integration projects.
• Familiarity with RTE configuration activities.
• Hands-on experience with an AUTOSAR authoring tool.
• Embedded software development experience on Linux.
• Software simulation experience using hardware models.
• Strong embedded debugging skills.
• Self-reliance, approachability, and good communication skills.
• Good knowledge of tools used for embedded program development.
• Knowledge of safety systems and ISO 26262, ASIL A-D.

Responsibilities

• Bring up MCU platforms, including clock configuration, pin mapping, memory initialization, interrupts, and peripherals; configure and validate MCAL drivers and resolve hardware-software integration issues.
• Design, develop, and debug embedded C software for low-level and platform components, maintaining clear interfaces among drivers, middleware, and application software.
• Configure, integrate, and validate the AUTOSAR BSW baseline and operating system, including task scheduling, interrupt handling, initialization sequences, and platform startup behavior.
• Integrate CAN DBC and LIN LDF communication descriptions into platform configuration, including drivers, communication stacks, signal mapping, message routing, and middleware interfaces.
• Integrate .cdd and .mdx diagnostic description files into the platform software configuration workflow and verify that service definitions, identifiers, data formats, and access conditions match the implemented software.
• Implement and validate power-state transitions, sleep-entry conditions, wake-up sources, and restoration of platform services; verify sleep current, wake-up timing, and repeated sleep/wake behavior, and coordinate ECU and BSW state-management configuration.
• Develop and maintain a translation layer connecting non-AUTOSAR C applications to ECU middleware, including data conversion, signal mapping, API adaptation, and error reporting while maintaining a clear AUTOSAR/non-AUTOSAR boundary.
• Integrate application components with platform middleware and validate interface compatibility, initialization order, scheduling, data exchange, and end-to-end behavior.
• Measure and optimize RAM usage, CPU load, task execution time, and startup time; review compiler, linker, and build settings while maintaining functional correctness and timing requirements.
• Debug issues across MCU drivers, BSW, OS, middleware, and applications, and track defects through closure.
• Maintain platform configurations, interface specifications, build instructions, and validation results; support repeatable builds and release of validated platform software.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.

What This Job Offers

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