Senior Embedded Platform Engineer at Ford Global Career Site

Palo Alto, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Embedded Software Development, C Programming, Automotive MCUs, RTOS, Bare Metal Development, Board Bring-Up, Build Systems, Scripting Languages, Electrical Engineering, PCB Analysis, Automotive Technologies, Automotive Testing Tools, Commercial Compilers, Embedded Debugging Tools

Industry

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Description

Specify requirements, design, implement, and test both bare metal and RTOS low-level software for creating a scalable platform. Develop multicore, time / safety critical software architectures. 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. Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded software development using C Experience with Automotive MCU's from NXP, TI, STM Experience with RTOS's such as u-velOSity, FreeRTOS, safeRTOS. Experience with bare metal and RTOS software development including board bring-up Experience with build systems such as make and bazel Experience with scripting languages such as python or bash. Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools. Experience with Automotive technologies such as CAN, LIN, UDS, DoIP. Experience with Automotive testing tools such as Vector Canoe Knowledge of commercial compilers and embedded debugging tools such as GHS and Keil. 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. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/gsr8sp4 Visa sponsorship is available for this position. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

The Senior Embedded Platform Engineer will specify requirements, design, implement, and test low-level software for a scalable platform. They will also develop software testing methodologies and work with hardware to verify software operation.