Embedded Software Engineer, Body Controls

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

14h • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering team develops advanced energy management and propulsion technologies, materials and manufacturing processes, and cabin experiences. The Embedded Software Engineer, Body Controls, leads software development within an agile team and designs and develops embedded software components for the Body Control System. The role includes translating feature requirements into software requirements in Polarion, implementing those requirements in compliant Simulink models or C functions, and maintaining requirements in functional specifications for implemented functions. The engineer works with supplier software teams to explain requirements and supports vehicle launches.

The engineer contributes to reusable software components, device-driver code, integration documentation, and deployment processes. The position also involves collaboration with Ford architecture and validation teams, development and project managers, and partners to support product variants, cloud-scalable test infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines. The role is hybrid and requires onsite work four or more days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• At least 5 years of embedded software experience; Body Control System experience is preferred.
• At least 5 years of programming experience in Embedded C, MATLAB Simulink, and Stateflow.
• Strong C programming skills and ability to write highly portable, platform-agnostic code.
• At least 3 years of experience developing proof-of-concept applications for automotive ECUs.
• At least 2 years of experience working in an agile environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Body Control Systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development within an agile team.
• Review feature requirements and develop software requirements based on features in Polarion.
• Implement software requirements in compliant Simulink models or compliant C functions.
• Own and maintain requirements within functional specifications for implemented functions.
• Explain software requirements to the Full-Service Supplier software team.
• Support vehicle launch.
• Design and develop embedded software components for the Body Control System.
• Analyze requirements, design features and functional specifications, and program, debug, and modify software using MATLAB, C, and Python.
• Deliver high-quality, functioning complex device-driver code on time.
• Scale, modify, and refactor software components to meet new architecture requirements.
• Collaborate with Ford architecture and validation teams and partners to create reusable software components, supporting documentation, and integration guides.
• Perform code-level integration tasks, including replicating build environments and debugging source code, and improve and streamline deployments.
• Work with development and project managers to align on CI/CD pipelines for product variant releases.
• Evaluate technologies and methods for developing cloud-scalable test infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for virtual and hardware ECUs.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, 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.
• 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: Senior