Full Stack Senior Software Developer

In this position...

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Lead Complex System Investigations: Direct the technical root-cause analysis triage isolation and resolution of critical hard-to-reproduce software failures and bug reports occurring intermittently in production environments.
Deep-Dive Low-Level Diagnostics: Master the investigation of system logs core dumps memory leaks and corruptions to trace transient defects multi-threaded bottlenecks IPC deadlocks and system crashes across compute-constrained ECU platforms.
Target IVI & Back-End Triage: Isolate complex software defects primarily originating within the IVI platform tracing dependencies through microservices and external back-end APIs that interface with the vehicle.
AI-Driven Diagnostics & Knowledge Training: Utilize advanced AI tools Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to accelerate trace parsing while documenting analytical approaches to train diagnostic models for improved automated insights.
Vehicle Communication & Protocol Analysis: Analyze vehicle bus communications using CAN Ethernet and other automotive protocols to isolate data mismatches timing issues and trace signal transmission across distributed ECUs.
Diagnostic Tools & DTC Tracking: Utilize specialized automotive diagnostic tools to read interpret and resolve Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) tracking issues from electronic symptoms to specific source code line failures.
In-Vehicle Validation & Testing: Conduct direct vehicle-level validation hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and physical bench setups to verify software behavior replicate production artifacts and guarantee real-time reliability and performance on target embedded hardware.
Manage Polyglot Full-Stack Multi-Component Ecosystems: Leverage broad technical mastery spanning high-level web frameworks (JavaScript/React HMI) backend services databases and low-level native embedded software (C/C) to implement optimize navigate and trace bugs across diverse repositories and subsystems.
Source Code & Documentation Mastery: Audit optimize implement and maintain critical codebases for embedded platforms while authoring detailed technical documentation architectural specifications and long-term engineering blueprints.
Modern SDLC & Technical Governance: Operate within modern scaled SDLC and Agile/Scrum environments to contribute to structural architectural decisions review high-level designs (HLD) establish strict acceptance criteria and drive software quality and maintainability.
Feature Dependency & Lifecycle Management: Define and manage complex feature dependencies blockers and risk registers across HMI services platform components and validation to prevent software regressions across program lifecycles.
Cross-Functional & Cross-Cultural Alignment: Act as the core technical lead for multi-project defect investigations driving technical consensus across internal global teams hardware engineering validation product owners Tier-1 suppliers and third-party OS providers (such as QNX).
Team Mentorship & Quality Leadership: Elevate overall engineering capabilities by leading comprehensive code reviews establishing technical onboarding processes mentoring other engineers and conducting core technical interviews.

Youll have...

Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science or a closely related technical STEM field.
10 years of professional software engineering experience with a core focus on complex architectural development and full lifecycle ownership.
8 years of expert-level experience tracing debugging and optimizing native software applications using C/C within real-time operating systems (RTOS) like QNX.
8 years of hands-on experience designing and debugging multi-layered full-stack runtimes explicitly combining asynchronous web frameworks (JavaScript React Redux WebSockets) with low-level native embedded subsystems.
6 years of dedicated engineering experience within the Automotive Infotainment (IVI) and Human-Machine Interface (HMI) domains.
5 years of practical experience using advanced automotive vehicle network simulators and diagnostic toolsspecifically VectorCAN for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) bench and in-vehicle validation testing.
Documented mastery in reverse-engineering source code and dissecting system logs core dumps memory management tools (e.g. Valgrind) and physical CAN data captures to triage isolate and resolve transient software crashes multi-threaded bottlenecks and memory corruptions.
Proven expertise diagnosing bugs that span across local IVI application layers downstream ECUs and connected cloud/back-end infrastructures.
Proven track record operating as a Technical Lead or Anchor within modern scaled Agile/Scrum environments including leading technical code reviews and authoring High-Level Designs (HLD).
Experience with automotive communication protocols (e.g. CAN Ethernet) MQTT IPC Valgrind SonarQube GTest Git/GitHub Actions SDLC and agile methodologies.
Experience with software optimization for performance and memory constraints.

Evenbetteryoumayhave...

Masters Degree in Computer Engineering Computer Systems Research or a related technical field.
Hands-on experience building or extending custom automated log-parsing and developer-velocity tools utilizing AI frameworks Large Language Models (LLMs) LogAI LangChain or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
Broad polyglot architectural familiarity covering cross-platform environments databases and middleware communication technologies including QNX Protocol Buffers and Unreal Engine.
Extensive experience driving cross-functional and cross-cultural technical alignment across international engineering teams validation groups Tier-1 suppliers and third-party platform partners.
Experience with UML IT Project Risk Management stakeholders management dependencies management software release management.

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 8.

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