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Software Development Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

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.

The Vehicle Software Platform group is responsible for the software platform that enables connectivity and advanced application features within next generation Ford vehicles. The team is designing and building the next generation software platform for the FNV4 vehicle architecture structured around high-performance compute clusters and zonal aggregators.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on one of the most exciting and impactful vehicle features right now – Over-the-Air (OTA) Software Updates. You will define, design, and build the OTA Software Update framework capable of updating the entire vehicle software, enabling teams to speed up feature delivery that complement and enhance our vehicles. Development is in C++ and follows an agile methodology.

What you'll do...

• In this role you will have the opportunity to work on the Cloud Communications team, providing critical functionality to enable Vehicle-to-Cloud communication to vehicle applications.

• You will define, design, and build the software capable of supporting command and control messaging, telemetry offload, and file transfers.

• You will develop software in C++ and follow an agile methodology.

You'll have. ..

• Bachelors degree in Electrcial Engineering ,Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education.

• 6 Months of experince of established software design patterns, efficient data structures and multi-threaded system design (Internships/co-ops or coursework included)

Even better, you may have.. .

• Master's degree in Electrcial Engineering ,Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education.

• Strong written and verbal communication

• Excellent teamwork and people skills

• Familiarity with Agile development processes

• Experience with source code control systems such as Git

• Creative and analytical thinker

• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, GitHub

• Capable of prioritizing work and working to tight deadlines

• An excellent communicator, both oral and written

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, 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

This position is a salary grade 5-6.

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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Requisition ID : 32193