Applications Software Developer

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Ford of Canadas operations include a national headquarters three vehicle assembly and engine manufacturing plants three parts distribution centres and three Connectivity and Innovation centres. Ford employs approximately 7000 people in Canada while an additional 18000 people are employees in the more than 400 Ford and Ford-Lincoln dealerships across the country. For more information please visit

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

The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Build and optimize Android applications and services for in-vehicle infotainment platforms.
• Develop voice-driven features that integrate speech audio conversational AI and agentic workflows.
• Work with Android audio pipelines media microphone input routing focus and low-latency audio behavior.
• Integrate and optimize embedded AI/SLM capabilities for on-device or hybrid vehicle experiences.
• Design and implement modern maintainable app architectures using current Android development best practices.
• Partner with product UX platform systems and AI teams to deliver intuitive voice experiences in production vehicles.
• Debug complex issues across app framework audio connectivity and embedded environments.
• Help define technical direction engineering standards and scalable patterns for future capabilities.

Youll have...

Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.(Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of completion for the highest level of education attained. If the diploma/degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required).

Experience:

• 5 years experience in Android development experience with Kotlin and modern Android frameworks.
• 2 years experience understanding of the Android audio subsystem including audio focus capture routing media/session behavior and troubleshooting.
• Proven experience with modern application development practices: clean architecture modularization testing observability CI/CD and performance optimization.
• Understanding of embedded AI on-device inference Small Language Models or edge Machine Learning deployments.

Even better you may have...

• Proven communication skills and comfort working in cross-functional product and platform teams.
• Ability to work across software layers and debug issues in complex integrated systems.
• Experience building voice applications conversational interfaces or speech-enabled products.
• Experience with Android Automotive OS embedded Android or infotainment systems.
• Background in wake word ASR TTS dialog systems or multimodal assistant experiences.
• Experience optimizing models or inference pipelines for constrained hardware environments.
• Familiarity with automotive real-time or safety-conscious product development.
• Experience shipping consumer-facing products at scale.

This posting is for an existing vacancy within our team.

The expected annual pay range for this position is $87000.00 - $137000.00.

Our focus is to build the best team. If you think you can bring value to Ford love to collaborate prioritize and aim to deliver excellence in everything you do we encourage you to apply!

We thank all candidates for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment selection and/or assessment processes where needed are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.

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.

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