Senior Staff Test Automation Engineer - IVI Software

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Fords Electric Vehicles Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the companys 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. Youll 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.

In this position...
Ford is seeking an experienced automation professional with a passion for cars and technology specifically the systems that keep us connected and entertained on the road. As a Test Automation Engineer focusing on Automotive In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) youll be a key player in ensuring the quality stability and performance of sophisticated in-car systems. You wont just be writing scripts youll be designing and building robust automation frameworks leading efforts to integrate automation into development pipelines and tackling the challenges of testing hardware-software integrated systems in a real-time safety-critical environment. Your work will directly impact the user experience of future vehicles.

What youll do...

• Take the lead in architecting designing and implementing sophisticated and maintainable automated test frameworks tailored for automotive infotainment systems.
• Develop execute and maintain automated test cases encompassing functional integration regression and performance testing.
• Continuously enhance the automation framework by adding new capabilities integrating with specialized automotive test hardware (like Hardware-in-the-Loop systems or test benches) and optimizing test execution speed and reliability.
• Integrate automated tests into Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to provide rapid feedback to development teams and improve release efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with software developers manual testers system engineers and product owners to understand features define testable requirements and troubleshoot complex system-level issues.
• Contribute to the overall test automation strategy for infotainment including tool selection and effort estimation for automation initiatives.
• Analyze test results perform root cause analysis for failures write clear and actionable bug reports and track automation progress and coverage.
• Champion best practices in software development including code quality security and performance optimization.

Youll have

• Bachelors degree or better in software engineering computer science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of software development experience.
• Proven proficiency in at least one major programming or scripting language relevant to automation.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and building test automation frameworks or significantly enhancing existing ones.
• A strong grasp of software testing methodologies different types of testing and quality assurance processes.
• Experience working with version control systems like Git.
• Familiarity with the concepts and tools used in CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins GitLab CI.
• Experience using bug tracking systems like Jira.
• A track record of successfully debugging complex software and system problems.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a sharp eye for detail.
• Strong communication interpersonal and collaboration skills you can clearly explain technical concepts and work effectively across teams.

Even better you may have

• A Masters degree in software engineering computer science or a related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience
• Experience testing automotive infotainment systems or other complex embedded systems.
• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing or testing directly on physical automotive hardware or vehicles.
• Experience working with specific infotainment operating systems (like Android Automotive Linux) or graphical user interface toolkits
• Experience with performance testing concepts and automating performance checks.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 5.

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