The ideal candidate will be a key contributor to the development of embedded software and hardware that is deployed in various software test systems, hardware and software testing environments, and software development platforms. These development and validation systems, hardware, and tools are distributed globally to engineering teams across Ford and our development partners. This role supports design, documentation, implementation, and validation of software components used by multiple teams both internal and external to Ford and will be involved in the launch of software solutions in future Ford vehicles. Projects vary from year to year. Current projects will be used in the ongoing development and testing of the next generation infotainment system, embedded modem, vehicle cloud connectivity, mobile app development & integration testing, as well as multiple additional In-Vehicle Infotainment development projects.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant work experience. 5+ years of hands-on experience with C/C++ (e.g., OOP, data types, memory management, peripheral device drivers, conditional statements, pointers, structures, etc.). 5+ years of experience in developing and optimizing image processing and computer vision libraries for recognizing/detecting objects (icons, text, color, audio, and moving objects) in videos and images using OpenCV, and Tesseract. 3+ years of experience in developing, maintaining, and optimizing NVidia Cuda code for image/video processing. 5+ years of experience in hands-on development and debugging for embedded targets and/or ARM based SOC architecture with Linux operating system. 5+ years of experience in building binaries from source code and deploying it in various environment and resolving dependencies.Preferred Requirements:
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant work experience. Experience in developing, optimizing, and deploying AI/ML models for NVidia systems. Experience or knowledge of databases (MySQL and SQLite). Experience or knowledge of automation testing frameworks (e.g., Python, PyTest, Tox, Slash, Data Driven Testing, Behavior Driven Testing, Gherkin) involving hardware and simulated environments. Experience in unit level and system level testing. Experience with Linux device drivers and device trees. Experience reading schematics and data sheets. Experience with Agile Scrum development methodologies with common workflow tools (e.g., Confluence, GIT, Jira, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, TestRail). Experience with creating supporting documentation (e.g., design documents, architecture diagrams, test procedures, reports).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.
This position is a salary grade 8.
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