DescriptionThe Advanced Driver Assist Technology (ADAS) team develops state-of-the-art software and algorithms to deliver best-in-class features like adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, and 360 camera systems. ADAS also developed Ford’s industry-first Pro Trailer Hitch Assist and secured over 60 patents in the process. Our team is responsible for the full end-to-end delivery of these features into production on all Ford vehicle lines.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our global team. In this role, you will work alongside talented engineers to design, develop, and maintain Ford's Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) software. You will play a crucial role in creating high-performing ADAS software that runs reliably and safely on millions of customer vehicles.
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll do...
- Collaborate with a global team of engineers to design, develop, and maintain Ford's ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) software stack
- Create world-class high-performing ADAS software with a focus on safety and reliability
- Work as an individual contributor on an agile team, writing code, reviewing pull requests, and testing software
- Troubleshoot, debug, and improve existing software
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members
- Identify and implement software best practices for state estimation, perception, planning, and control algorithms
- Refine software architecture to optimize resource utilization across multiple processing cores and hardware accelerators.
QualificationsYou'll have…
Required Experience and Background Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field AND 5+ years of software engineering experience OR Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field AND 3+ years of software engineering experience OR Doctorate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field AND 1+ years of software engineering experience
- Advanced software engineering skills with professional experience writing C/C++ code and using at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash, JavaScript, Ruby)
- Experience launching and supporting software for hardware products
- Passion for embedded software and a pragmatic mindset for solving challenging problems
Even better, you may have…
Preferred Experience and Background Skills:
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and documentation
- Ability to build and maintain software systems using modern build and CI (Continuous Integration) infrastructure (e.g., Bazel, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration techniques to improve automation of software development activities
- Good understanding of inter-process communication, familiarity with ROS or other pub/sub systems
- Experience with any linear algebra, geometry, or projection libraries
- Ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams and navigate technical ambiguity with only high-level direction
- Experience with Adaptive AUTOSAR
- Familiarity with embedded vision pipelines, image processing, and hardware components
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• 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.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
This position is a range of salary grades 6-8
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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