OTA Deployment Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

1d • $84,053 - $190,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods, you’ll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We’re seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
What you'll be able to do:
OTA Deployment Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the anticipated worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the anticipated worksite. Deploy Over the Air Software (OTA) to company owned and consumer vehicles. Triage OTA deployment failures and resolve issues. Support, quality teams, CRC, and service teams in issue resolution and OTA redeployment. Perform production verification (End to End testing) of released software on test vehicles. Activate software packages to deploy OTA. Support IVS, VADR, ORFIN and testing teams. Contribute to the requirements and automation of the Cloud Deployment Management System. Support the training and standardization of the deployment methodology globally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required:
• Performing vehicle software updates using Azure Cloud based Applications.
• Supporting software process and software release to OTA updates to several Electronic Modules in the Vehicle.
• Using Canalyzer, Vector CAN tools, Diagnostic Engineering Tools (DET), In-Vehicle Software (IVS), or Vehicle and Domain Release (VADR) databases to analyze the software levels of the Electronic Modules in the Vehicle.
• Troubleshooting and performing issue resolution in vehicle software updates, over the air software updates, or automotive vehicle communications to make sure the vehicle is always having the latest software updates.
• Using GCP, Big Query, Confluence, LookerStudio, and JIRA to track the vehicle software updates.
• Using PostgreSQL database to store vehicle software update details.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Over the Air Software (OTA) to company owned and consumer vehicles.
• Triage OTA deployment failures and resolve issues.
• Support, quality teams, CRC, and service teams in issue resolution and OTA redeployment.
• Perform production verification (End to End testing) of released software on test vehicles.
• Activate software packages to deploy OTA.
• Support IVS, VADR, ORFIN and testing teams.
• Contribute to the requirements and automation of the Cloud Deployment Management System.
• Support the training and standardization of the deployment methodology globally.

Benefits

• 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, 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees