Job Description

Connected Vehicle Applications Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrows transportation.

Better vehicle solutions demand greater insight, imagination and creativity. Thats where Ford Smart Mobility comes in. We are investing in emerging technologies and agile businesses to advance innovations in micro-transit, commercial solutions for fleet customers, enhanced vehicle ownership experience and more. Were also developing the Transportation Mobility Cloud to host mobility-related solutions. If you have a passion for taking transportation where its never been before, consider joining our visionary team.

What youll be able to do:
In this exciting and important role, you will lead end-to-end connected feature suite development while providing program support for our North America based vehicle programs. With your deep technical knowledge and expertise, you will coach and educate global teams on these innovative connectivity features. You will:

* Ensure all connected vehicles features (onboard software and cloud-based features) work as designed and meet or exceed customer expectations
* Interface with product and feature owners, systems engineers, in-vehicle electrical hardware teams, IT, and mobile application teams to ensure successful execution of software features
* Ensure feature offerings are correctly defined for the program and individual trim levels
* Oversee validation process for connected vehicle features
* Lead the product development process from program approval to launch
* Perform root cause analysis of embedded hardware/software and cloud-based software defects in in-vehicle connected vehicle systems

The minimum requirements we seek:

* Bachelors degree
* Two or more years of experience developing and validating automotive connectivity features
* One or more years of experience working on features associated with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology

Our preferred requirements:

* Masters degree in computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent
* Working knowledge of automotive telematics features (e.g., wi-fi hotspot, managing vehicle controls, automotive fleet telematics, electric vehicle features, over-the-air update process, vehicle health alerts, etc.)
* Two or more years of experience capturing and analyzing vehicle logs
* Background developing test scripts/procedures for telematics and mobile app verification
* Two or more years of experience developing connectivity features based on BLE technology
* Experience developing end-to-end architecture and validating/verifying features based on BLE technology

What you will receive in return
As part of the Ford family, you will enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. You will also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we would love to have you join us.

Visa sponsorship may be available for this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.

For information on Fords benefits and compensation, click here: https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2021-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-1.pdf