Student Worker Program, Embedded Software Controls

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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.

What youll do
Develop and deliver highquality C code in a realtime embedded environment for body control features such as doors windows seats latches wipers mirrors interior and exterior lighting and other small motors in the vehicle.
Specify design and implement functionality and behaviors of embedded subsystems from early concept through integration and highvolume manufacturing.
Design software architecture and drive software implementation on hardware working closely with crossfunctional teams to ensure robust system integration and validation.
Perform handson hardware bringup systemlevel debugging and code optimization on embedded targets and vehiclelevel test assets.
Write componentlevel tests and contribute to test infrastructure to ensure proper functionality robustness and reliability of body control features.
Make performance and optimization tradeoffs to meet product requirements including timing resource usage and reliability constraints.
Collaborate with a small fastmoving and passionate software team leveraging modern software development tools and practices to build highly robust and reliable embedded systems.

Youll have
Currently pursuing a degree in Software Engineering Mechatronics Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Systems Engineering or a related field of study with an expected graduation date between May 2026 and May 2027.
Proficiency in C with the ability to write clean efficient and maintainable code for embedded systems.
A solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals including software architecture modular design and longterm maintainability.
Experience with embedded microprocessor tools (e.g. IDEs debuggers programmers or similar toolchains used for embedded development).
Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment and communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers from different disciplines.

Even better you may have
Familiarity with MISRA C guidelines and their application to safetycritical or highreliability embedded software.
Experience with controls software and algorithm development particularly for mechatronic or electromechanical systems.
Exposure to realtime embedded systems including scheduling interrupt handling and lowlevel hardware interaction.
Experience working with sensing systems actuators or other mechatronic components in vehicles or robotics.
Previous experience bringing up new hardware platforms troubleshooting issues across hardware and software and optimizing embedded code performance.

Your background might not align with every single item listed above. If youre motivated to contribute to worldclass embedded systems for Ford vehicles and can demonstrate strong potential to grow into this role we encourage you to apply.

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 salary grade 5.

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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