Product Development Engineer IVI Camera Software

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.

Fords IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) organization is seeking a Product Development Engineer with deep technical expertise in embedded camera this role you will be instrumental in designing developing and deploying mission-critical camera software solutions. Your work will focus on integrating and streaming camera feeds from embedded cameras and ADAS ECUs to the displays on our next-generation automotive platforms.

What youll do...

• Design develop and test robust high-availability camera software for Fords In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems.

• Implement and optimize software for embedded platforms ensuring reliability and real-time performance in resource-constrained ECUs.

• Lead the integration of camera systems including capturing processing and streaming video feeds to vehicle displays.

• Collaborate with hardware teams other software engineering teams and external partners to define requirements and ensure seamless system integration.

• Debug and troubleshoot complex software issues on target embedded hardware utilizing various debugging tools and techniques.

• Contribute to architectural decisions and drive best practices for software development code quality and maintainability.

• Stay current with emerging technologies in camera systems video processing and embedded software development.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.

• 3 years of experience in software development with embedded systems or automotive background.

• 2 years experience in C/C programming including modern C standards.

• 1 years experience in Camera or Video streaming.

• Proven experience with QNX embedded/automotive Linux or other Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).

• Working experience with Git/GitHub as a version control system.

Even better you may have...

• Proficiency in image and video processing algorithms ISP camera tuning and multimedia frameworks like V4L2 or GStreamer with experience leveraging hardware accelerators (GPUs DSPs) using APIs such as Vulkan or OpenGL.

• Comprehensive understanding of low-level programming hardware/software interfaces and modern systems languages like Rust coupled with defensive coding techniques.

• Experience debugging embedded systems and optimizing software for performance latency and memory constraints.

• Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN and Ethernet.

• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.

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 range of salary grades 6-8 and ranges from $85400- $165000.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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-MG3