Baremetal Lead Firmware Engineer - Ford Motor Company
Palo Alto, CA
About the Job
_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_
What you’ll do…
+ Architect the Future: Define and own the BareMetal architecture for our ECUs ensuring robustness, scalability, and performance optimization.
+ Lead Technical Execution: Specify requirements, design, implement, and test both BareMetal and RTOS low-level software for creating a scalable platform. Develop multicore, time / safety critical software architectures. Work with/resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs. Create elegant, efficient real-time software components and interfaces.
+ Mentor and Empower: Guide and mentor other firmware engineers, providing technical expertise, fostering collaboration, and empowering them to deliver exceptional results.
+ Champion Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with multidisciplinary teams, including hardware, software, validation and systems engineers, to drive system-level integration and ensure seamless compatibility with vehicle computing infrastructures.
+ Drive Innovation: Design and implement ISO26262-compliant software running on a distributed embedded system with multiple microcontrollers with a focus on creating re-usable software designs / components. Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness.
+ Ensure Quality : Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes. Work with hardware and debuggers at a bench and HIL level to verify software operation. Define system-level power / compute / communication requirements and implement solutions that allow different applications to achieve different combinations of configurations.
You'll have…
+ Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, experience
+ 10+ years of relevant experience in embedded design, using C/C++ Experience with BareMetal and RTOS environment
+ Experience with JIRA/Confluence or a similar system for tracking inputs/results.
+ Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
Even better, you may have…
+ Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
+ Experience in driver development and RTOS integration.
+ Experience with software build tools like Bazel, Scons, Cmake etc.
+ Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools.
+ Ability to write testing scripts for using scripting languages (Python)
+ Fluent in software fundamentals including software design and maintainability.
+ Hands-on experience in hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
+ Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
_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 change maker, 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, and prescription drug coverage_
_Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-LL6-sal-plan-2.pdf_
_Visa sponsorship is available for this position._
_Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire._
_We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660._
Requisition ID : 39150
_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_
What you’ll do…
+ Architect the Future: Define and own the BareMetal architecture for our ECUs ensuring robustness, scalability, and performance optimization.
+ Lead Technical Execution: Specify requirements, design, implement, and test both BareMetal and RTOS low-level software for creating a scalable platform. Develop multicore, time / safety critical software architectures. Work with/resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs. Create elegant, efficient real-time software components and interfaces.
+ Mentor and Empower: Guide and mentor other firmware engineers, providing technical expertise, fostering collaboration, and empowering them to deliver exceptional results.
+ Champion Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with multidisciplinary teams, including hardware, software, validation and systems engineers, to drive system-level integration and ensure seamless compatibility with vehicle computing infrastructures.
+ Drive Innovation: Design and implement ISO26262-compliant software running on a distributed embedded system with multiple microcontrollers with a focus on creating re-usable software designs / components. Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness.
+ Ensure Quality : Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes. Work with hardware and debuggers at a bench and HIL level to verify software operation. Define system-level power / compute / communication requirements and implement solutions that allow different applications to achieve different combinations of configurations.
You'll have…
+ Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, experience
+ 10+ years of relevant experience in embedded design, using C/C++ Experience with BareMetal and RTOS environment
+ Experience with JIRA/Confluence or a similar system for tracking inputs/results.
+ Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
Even better, you may have…
+ Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
+ Experience in driver development and RTOS integration.
+ Experience with software build tools like Bazel, Scons, Cmake etc.
+ Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools.
+ Ability to write testing scripts for using scripting languages (Python)
+ Fluent in software fundamentals including software design and maintainability.
+ Hands-on experience in hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
+ Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
_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 change maker, 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, and prescription drug coverage_
_Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-LL6-sal-plan-2.pdf_
_Visa sponsorship is available for this position._
_Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire._
_We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660._
Requisition ID : 39150
Source : Ford Motor Company