Ford Motor Company is looking to deliver its vision of a fully electric transportation future and needs to develop and implement firmware for distributed embedded systems to optimize power/energy consumption and safety.
Requirements
- Proficiency in a variety of embedded architectures, from bare metal to RTOS implementations, as well as a deep understanding of modern multi-core 32-bit embedded controller peripherals and architecture.
- High proficiency in programming experience using Embedded C
- Understanding of CI/CD pipeline and software build infrastructure.
- Experience with JIRA/Confluence or a similar system for tracking inputs/results.
- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
- Experience in low-level driver development and RTOS integration.
- Experience with software build tools like Bazel, Scons, Cmake etc.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of the firmware running on a distributed embedded system with multiple microcontrollers with a focus on optimizing power/energy consumption and safety.
- Specification, design, implementation, and testing of both bare metal and RTOS low-level software for energy management and powertrain controls applications.
- Develop embedded software from low-level base software to application modules.
- Design and specify interfaces between application software and firmware.
- Develop multicore, timing-critical software architectures.
- Create elegant, efficient real-time software components and interfaces.
- Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, experience with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded design
- Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
- Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
