48 applicants

Company

Ford Motor Company · 1 day ago

Sr. Staff Engineer – Platform BSP

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Lead the successful development of next generation software components for electric vehicles.

Work with architects, engineers and other technical specialists to design an integrated solution.

Partner with cross functional teams to define objectives, scopes, timelines, milestones, deliverables.

Coordinate with system owners with planning, implementation approaches, testing, documenting, and maintain solutions for cloud, on premise, and hybrid services, systems or subsystems using defined processes and tools.

Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability, and scalability of systems.

Integrate solutions with existing embedded systems components.

Interface with hardware design team.

Provide post-production escalation support.

Participate in software and hardware design reviews.

Integrate and test new software builds on prototyping vehicle platforms.

Deliver artifacts to OTA and program teams for incorporation into production releases.

Develop regression tests and ensure proper code coverage for release software.

Qualification

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Embedded systems developmentC programmingC++ programmingPython programmingBoard bring up experienceDocumentation skillsRust programmingYoctoXenAutomotive Grade LinuxPipeWirePulseAudioWaylandDisplay CompositorsAndroid Auto IntegrationApple CarPlay Integration

Required

B.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

10+ years proven working experience in software engineering.

Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded systems.

Programming experience in C, C++ and Python.

Strong documentation, writing, and communications skills.

Must be willing to learn and dive into unknown areas.

Preferred

M.S. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

Board bring up experience.

Programming experience in Rust.

Experience negotiating with hardware and or software vendors.

Experience working with any of the following open-source technologies: Yocto, Xen, Automotive Grade Linux, PipeWire, PulseAudio, Wayland, Display Compositors, Android Auto and or Apple CarPlay Integration.