Staff Embedded Platform Engineer

Our Embedded Platform provides the foundational software that enables the next generation of vehicle ECUs to operate reliably, safely, and efficiently. The platform includes the RTOS, low-level drivers, common services, shared libraries, and core functionality used across multiple ECUs throughout the vehicle.

This team is responsible for early ECU bring-up, platform enablement, and the development of reusable software components and services that scale across a distributed, safety-critical vehicle architecture.

We are looking for a highly skilled Embedded Platform Software Engineer to help design, develop, and validate the software foundation for our next-generation vehicle programs. The ideal candidate has deep experience in embedded software development, strong systems-level thinking, and the ability to work effectively in complex, hardware-software environments.
 

What you'll do...
•    Define requirements, design, implement, and test low-level embedded software for bare-metal and RTOS-based systems.
•    Develop scalable embedded platform software used across multiple ECUs.
•    Support initial ECU bring-up, board-level debugging, and platform integration.
•    Design and implement multicore, real-time, and safety-critical software architectures.
•    Develop efficient, reliable software components and interfaces for common platform services.
•    Resolve ambiguity in requirements, specifications, and system designs while driving toward robust technical solutions.
•    Work closely with hardware, systems, and application teams to integrate and validate platform functionality.
•    Use bench setups, debuggers, and HIL environments to verify software behavior and diagnose system-level issues.
•    Define and implement system-level solutions for power, compute, memory, and communication requirements.
•    Profile CPU, power, memory, and bus utilization to identify optimization opportunities at both component and system levels.
•    Develop software component test strategies, test plans, and automated tests to ensure maturity, stability, and release readiness.
•    Validate firmware functionality, robustness, performance, and behavior across operating conditions, including low-power modes.

 

You'll have...

•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
•    5+ years of relevant embedded software development experience using C.
•    Experience developing low-level software for bare-metal and RTOS-based embedded systems.
•    Experience with ECU or board bring-up, hardware debugging, and embedded software integration.
•    Familiarity with multicore embedded systems, real-time constraints, and resource-constrained environments.
•    Experience using hardware debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or similar bench-level debugging tools.
•    Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and git-based development workflows.
•    Experience with build systems such as make, Bazel, or similar tools.
•    Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
•    Understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and basic hardware design concepts.
•    Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex hardware/software interactions.
•    Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across software, hardware, systems, and validation teams.

Even better, you may have...

•    Experience developing device drivers or integrating RTOS components.
•    Experience with automotive ECU platforms or distributed embedded systems.
•    Experience with ISO 26262 or safety-critical software development practices.
•    Familiarity with automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, UDS, Ethernet, or DoIP.
•    Experience with automotive test and diagnostic tools such as Vector CANoe.
•    Knowledge of MISRA C or other embedded software coding standards.
•    Experience with commercial embedded compilers, linkers, and debugging tools.
•    Familiarity with PCB-level hardware components and related analysis/debug tools.
•    Experience optimizing embedded systems for low power, startup time, CPU utilization, memory usage, or communication bandwidth.

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 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500.  
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
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. 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.
This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

  #LI-MZ1 #UEV