Product Development Engineer - IVI Camera Software

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. Ford's IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) organization is seeking a Product Development Engineer with deep technical expertise in embedded camera software. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing and deploying mission-critical camera software solutions. Your work will focus on integrating and streaming camera feeds from embedded cameras and ADAS ECUs to the displays on our next-generation automotive platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in software development with embedded systems or automotive background.
• 2+ years' experience in C/C++ programming, including modern C++ standards.
• 1+ years' experience in Camera or Video streaming.
• Proven experience with QNX, embedded/automotive Linux or other Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Working experience with Git/GitHub as a version control system.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in image and video processing algorithms, ISP, camera tuning, and multimedia frameworks like V4L2 or GStreamer, with experience leveraging hardware accelerators (GPUs, DSPs) using APIs such as Vulkan or OpenGL.
• Comprehensive understanding of low-level programming, hardware/software interfaces, and modern systems languages like Rust coupled with defensive coding techniques.
• Experience debugging embedded systems and optimizing software for performance, latency, and memory constraints.
• Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN and Ethernet.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test robust, high-availability camera software for Ford's In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems.
• Implement and optimize software for embedded platforms, ensuring reliability and real-time performance in resource-constrained ECUs.
• Lead the integration of camera systems, including capturing, processing, and streaming video feeds to vehicle displays.
• Collaborate with hardware teams, other software engineering teams, and external partners to define requirements and ensure seamless system integration.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex software issues on target embedded hardware, utilizing various debugging tools and techniques.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and drive best practices for software development, code quality, and maintainability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in camera systems, video processing, and embedded software development.

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: Senior