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At Ford of Canada, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

In this role you will be leading the team that is responsible for designing and maintaining the in-vehicle service-oriented communication framework for FNV4 vehicles. You will have the opportunity to define architecture and strategies for efficient communication between software services in the vehicle Ethernet network, and also oversee their implementation. The role involves creative thinking to solve challenging problems and implementing solutions.

In this role you will provide technical and personnel leadership to a software development team responsible for the design and implementation of key software components that enable service-oriented communication on a heterogenous network, and C++ class libraries implementing common functionality for vehicle platform services. The team is responsible for defining and maintaining the service-oriented communication framework on the vehicle, providing design patterns and support tooling for writing and integrating software services within the vehicle and providing governance around all areas of service-oriented vehicle communication. Also you will have the opportunity to work on initiatives and governance around API design and maintenance.

The role involves creative thinking to solve challenging problems; and implementing solutions. You will be part of a high performing development team and will be encouraged to contribute ideas and solutions as part of your daily work. Development is in C++ and follows an agile methodology.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing the performance, productivity, motivation and collaboration of a team of software developers performing design, development and testing of middleware software components.

• Ensuring that the software developed is performant and meets business objectives.

• Providing leadership in the areas of software architecture and design, technology decisions, processes for increased productivity, effective prioritization and maintenance of team velocity.

• Collaborate with other software leads to develop and maintain a technical vision and roadmaps for the team and evolve them over time. Plan and prioritize implementation across multiple software component teams.

• Ensuring that the team is adequately staffed to meet company performance objectives.

• Day-to-day prioritization of tasks.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field of study. ( Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.)

• 7+ years of software development in C++ with at least 3 years on POSIX compliant embedded platforms.

• Prior experience providing technical or personnel leadership in software development teams.

• Experience with decomposition, planning and delivery of large software features.

• Working knowledge of established software design patterns, efficient data structures, multi-threaded, asynchronous system design, inter-process communication, memory management and code optimization.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years of technical or personnel leadership in software development teams.

• Creative and analytical thinker.

• Methodical; capable of prioritizing work, overcoming hurdles and working to tight deadlines.

• An excellent communicator with a proven record of communication across teams.

• Experience with distributed computing environments and service-oriented architectures.

• Experience with resource planning and building teams. Conducting technical interviews, candidate selection.

• Experience with managing the performance, productivity, motivation and collaboration of software developers.

• Experience with decomposition, planning and delivery of software components.

• Prior experience with project management and acting as scrum master in an agile software development environment.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and / or assessment processes, where needed, are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.

Requisition ID : 21770