Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Ford Motor1 day ago
Base Salary
$167k - $317k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of firmware for distributed embedded systems with multiple microcontrollers.
- Develop bare-metal and RTOS low-level software, drivers, application modules, interfaces, and multicore timing-critical architectures.
- Optimize power and energy consumption, define system-level power requirements, and implement low-power operating modes.
- Develop ISO26262-compliant software for energy management and powertrain control applications.
- Perform hardware bring-up, system debugging, bench and HIL verification, labcar testing, and SIL/HIL testing.
- Create testing methodologies, comprehensive test plans, automation frameworks, and software component tests for release readiness.
- Instrument and profile software to identify submodule- and system-level optimization opportunities.
- Collaborate with electrical architecture, system integration, and platform software teams throughout program development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering; evidence of exceptional ability or equivalent experience is also accepted.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded design.
- High proficiency in Embedded C and real-time embedded software development.
- Deep understanding of bare-metal and RTOS implementations, multicore 32-bit embedded controller peripherals, and embedded architectures.
- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and design.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or a similar system for tracking inputs and results.
- Preferred experience includes low-level driver development, RTOS integration, Bazel, SCons, CMake, PCB hardware analysis tools, and Python testing scripts.
- Strong software design, maintainability, collaboration, and communication skills.
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.
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.