Student Worker Program – Vehicle Access System Engineering

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Join our Advanced EV Development (ADVEV) team for a 6-month Student Worker Program and help build the future of mobility! Immerse yourself in Fords center of innovation and growth working alongside top engineering design and software talent to create groundbreaking EVs and contribute to key technologies like batteries charging and recycling. This is your chance to gain hands-on experience and make a real impact on the automotive industry.

The ADVEV Systems Engineering designs and coordinates distributed functionality across the vehicles software and hardware. Youll collaborate with product owners software developers and validation teams to bring complex features to life. Systems engineers are architects documentarians and requirements authors who define system structures write requirements create test cases and guide debugging. Theyre strong coordinators and communicators translating customer needs into actionable plans and aligning work across disciplines. As modern electrical architectures distribute software across the vehicle we depend on system engineers to help us deliver reliably delightful experiences.

This is a 6-month program

Role overview

This student worker role is focused on improving how our system engineering documentation is created kept current and consumed across mission will be to build lightweight practical documentation generation and documentation verification tools that reduce manual effort and help teams quickly find accurate up-to-date system informationprimarily by deriving documentation from existing sources of truth. Youll work closely with a systems engineering mentor to define a scoped project iterate with real users and deliver something that can be adopted by engineers.

This is a great fit for someone who enjoys turning messy real-world information into clear navigable views (static sites diagrams reports) and who is motivated to make tools that others actually use.

What youll do...

Build a documentation generator that produces consistent artifacts from existing engineering sources

Prototype and implement auto-generated system views such as:

System/block diagrams derived from interface inputs/outputs and component relationships

A static HTML documentation site that lets engineers browse the latest interfaces and related metadata

Create a repeatable pipeline for generating documentation (e.g. runnable locally and/or in CI) with clear instructions for use and contribution

Integrate navigation and traceability-style links where feasible (for example linking interface documentation to related Jira/Jama items or other references)

Build verification/auditing utilities that detect inconsistencies in design artifacts and documentation

Talk with systems engineers to understand how they search for system info today then adjust the tooling to match how they work

Document your work clearly: how the tool works how to run it how to extend it and what conventions teams should follow going forward

Present a demo and recommended next steps at the end of the program

Youll have...

Required / strongly preferred

Currently pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering Data Science or similar

Comfort writing code in at least one general-purpose language used for tooling (e.g. Python TypeScript/JavaScript or similar)

Experience with Git and GitHub workflows (branches pull requests code reviews)

Interest in developer tooling automation documentation systems and/or data visualization

Ability to take an ambiguous problem propose a plan and iterate independently while communicating progress and risks

Clear written communication skillsyour output will be used by engineers who were not involved in building the tool

Nice to have (not required)

Familiarity with static site generation concepts (Markdown pipelines docs-as-code search indexing etc.)

Experience parsing and transforming structured text formats (JSON/YAML/XML/IDLs) building CLIs or writing code generators

Familiarity with UML/PlantUML diagram generation Graphviz or similar

Exposure to requirements or work-tracking tools (Jama Jira) and/or traceability concepts

Interest in human-centered design for engineering tools: usability information architecture and adoption

Why this matters

Ford builds complex distributed systems. When documentation is inconsistent outdated or hard to find teams lose time and confidence. By auto-generating and validating documentation from sources of truth we can improve alignment and understanding without adding ongoing manual burdenmaking it easier to build reliable high-quality vehicle experiences.

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!What youll receive in return: As part of this exciting program youll enjoy a high level of involvement with an exceptional team of industry innovators and visionaries. Youll contribute in a meaningful way to our important breakthrough work. And youll develop the skills that will give you a significant edge in your future career pursuits. If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility wed love to have you join us.

This position is a salary grade 5.

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