Job Description

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.

Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking and User Experience methods, you will work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We are seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies and more!

What you will be able to do

* Lead the performance measurement, analysis, reporting and optimization of the interactions between software and hardware resources on embedded ECUs
* Evangelize/coach documenting and implementing optimal use of system hardware resources (e.g. CPU, (shared) RAM, storage, I/O pipelines, accelerators, etc.)
* Evangelize/coach documenting and implementing for optimal software designs in Linux/QNX embedded systems
* Create performance measurements dashboards containing timing information, resource consumption information and trends
* Define performance measurement profiles based on the hardware and software architecture, creating use cases considerate of features and functions under various stress conditions
* Evaluate embedded software implementations and provide recommendations (e.g. library type usage, stack vs heap tradeoffs, dynamic vs static memory allocation, etc.)
* Recommend optimizations in system boot up and application startup/shutdown time
* Develop embedded and external user tools to aid in the collection, analysis and reporting of system performance
* Document and report on performance designs, results and optimization recommendations

The minimum requirements we seek

* Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
* 5+ years of experience solving complex performance issues within the real-time embedded Linux/QNX domain
* 5+ years of experience with software development in C and/or C++
* 5+ years of experience designing and implementing embedded systems for high performance, high reliability real-time embedded computing platforms

Our preferred requirements

* Masters Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
* Solid ability to evaluate and understand hardware architectures
* Deep knowledge of lower levels of the software stack, operating systems, software/hardware interactions, usage of system calls, threads, processes
* Deep understanding of how design decisions made in the upper levels of the software stack affect lower levels and hardware/software resource usage
* Ability to derive performance engineering requirements
* Ability to define performance activity frameworks/architectures
* Ability to create processes and implementations based on industry practices and the unique needs of the embedded system
* Ability to develop tools to aid in performance engineering
* Experience with software in the ADAS domain, machine learning, sensors, ISP and vision pipelines
* Automotive experience (e.g. MISRA, FuSa etc.) as it applies to performance analysis and improvement

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