Hybrid Senior Embedded Software Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Embedded Software Engineer developing systems for electric vehicles at Ford. Join an agile team to innovate solutions for a fully electric transportation future.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement software running on a distributed embedded system with multiple microcontrollers with a focus on creating re-usable software designs / components.
  • Design and implement real-time Ethernet communication.
  • Develop custom serial communication protocol over UART and I2C interfaces to support reliable data exchange between the device and external components.
  • Specify requirements, design, implement, and test both bare metal and RTOS low-level software for creating a scalable platform.
  • Work with/resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs.
  • Create elegant, efficient real-time software components and interfaces.
  • Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness.
  • 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.
  • Profile power / CPU / bus usage and identify opportunities for optimization on the submodule as well as system level.
  • Collaborate with V&V to develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes.
  • Interface with external vendors, including review of firmware specifications, providing design guidance, and integrating code releases.
  • Maintain clear and concise documentation of design and firmware architecture

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, experience
  • 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded design, using C/C++
  • Experience with bare metal 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
  • Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills.
  • Desire to work with vendors to integrate source code for new technology.
  • Experience in driver development and RTOS integration. Zephyr OS experience is a plus.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • 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.

Job title

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$135,000 - $226,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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