Systems Engineer
Ford Motor1 day ago
Dearborn, MI, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$100k - $167k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define technical requirements for vehicle observation, ECU logging, cloud interpretation, and diagnostic workflows.
- Own software diagnostic features from requirements and architecture through integration, deployment, production monitoring, and support.
- Build AI-powered diagnostic workflows combining vehicle signals, logs, telemetry, LLM reasoning, and retrieval-augmented generation.
- Develop and integrate web applications, APIs, databases, dashboards, and operational data workflows.
- Define production quality and observability standards and lead system integration testing, failure-mode simulation, and validation.
- Translate telemetry, technical tradeoffs, and root-cause analyses for engineering teams, customers, operational stakeholders, and nontechnical leadership.
- Create technical documentation, user manuals, demonstrations, application requirements, and user-focused workflows for technicians, drivers, and enterprise engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience developing and deploying software solutions.
- At least 1 year of professional or co-op experience developing web applications with React, JavaScript/TypeScript, or comparable technologies, including API integration, relational databases, and production deployment.
- Experience developing and modifying Python scripts for engineering workflow automation, software build processes, or data processing.
- Experience delivering at least one application from requirements and database design through deployment and user adoption.
- Familiarity with GraphQL or REST APIs, SQL, and database access tools such as Prisma or comparable frameworks.
- Experience building at least one AI-enabled application using LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, or conversational agents.
- Experience integrating machine, equipment, or operational data into applications, dashboards, or automated workflows, with understanding of manufacturing metrics such as availability, performance, quality, cycle time, or OEE.
- Experience diagnosing software or hardware issues, identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and improving usability, processing efficiency, or engineering productivity.
- Preferred experience independently owning significant software applications or modules through their full lifecycle; manufacturing execution systems; preventive maintenance or asset-management workflows; Azure or Cloudflare Workers; RAG troubleshooting assistants; Simulink, Raptor-CAL, Raptor-DEV, or HMI development; production dashboards; and React Native/Expo or Supabase mobile applications.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service, paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite attendance four or more days per week.
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About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.