Vehicle Controls Platform Architect

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

6d • $147,077 - $192,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is hiring a Vehicle Controls Platform Architect for its Product Development team in Dearborn, Michigan. This is a hybrid position, with work performed both from home and at the Dearborn worksite; employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance. The role architects and configures the foundational vehicle control software platform, including BSW and AUTOSAR components, with a focus on diagnostics, watchdogs, and non-volatile memory. It is responsible for platform stability, reliability, and performance; troubleshooting low-level processor resets and software issues; optimizing runnable distribution across processor cores; integrating third-party software components and supplier-built software; and analyzing vehicle and powertrain functional issues to identify root causes, validate corrections, and develop preventive measures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electronic Engineering, Electronic and Communications Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Seven years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Seven years of experience developing embedded software using C or C++ in the automotive domain.
• Five years of experience using embedded software platforms and low-level device programming in the automotive domain to develop and integrate system-level functionalities.
• Three years of experience integrating BSW, SIP, and LLDs from suppliers into powertrain modules.
• Two years of experience designing and architecting low-level platform stacks for powertrain modules, including memory management, bootloaders, cybersecurity considerations, multicore/chrono optimization, and triaging platform-level resets.
• Two years of experience optimizing low-level stacks for functional safety, including MPU protection and chrono optimization of a multicore processor with lockstep/functionally safe cores.
• One year of experience designing or configuring automotive bootloaders for powertrain applications to use across different modules.
• One year of experience optimizing low-level stacks for cybersecurity, including working with a Hardware Security Module.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Responsibilities

• Architect and configure the foundational vehicle control systems platform, including BSW and AUTOSAR components.
• Configure platform capabilities in areas such as diagnostics, watchdogs, and non-volatile memory (NVM).
• Ensure software platform stability, reliability, and performance.
• Troubleshoot low-level processor resets and software issues; identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Optimize platform architecture by distributing runnables across processor cores to improve efficiency and performance.
• Integrate third-party software components (SIPs) and supplier-built software into the platform.
• Analyze and troubleshoot vehicle and powertrain functional issues, determine root causes, validate corrective actions, and develop preventive measures.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• 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