Ford
Systems Engineer
Dearborn, MI, United States
No sponsorship$85k-$143kDetected 1 day ago
PythonC++GitDockerGrafanaDatadogMachine LearningLLMsAI OrchestrationEmbedded SystemsSystems EngineeringElectrical EngineeringWiresharkResearchProblem Solving
About the role
- You will sit at the epicenter of Embedded Systems, Cloud Architecture, and AI/ML Engineering, owning the entire birth-to-deployment journey of intelligent diagnostic workflows.
- Cross-Domain Integration: You will bridge the gap between Embedded C++ firmware and Cloud-based Python microservices.
- You will ensure that the "handshake" between the vehicle and the AI reasoning engine is seamless and scalable.
Responsibilities
- You will partner with cross-functional teams to define "what" a vehicle needs to observe.
- You will lead the system integration testing, simulating complex failures to ensure our E2E pipeline triggers the correct alerts and human-support processes.
- Build and validate the "Diagnostic Loop"-the path from a vehicle fault code (DTC) to an AI-generated repair recommendation.
- Full-Lifecycle Ownership As a Systems Engineer within the Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team, you will not be a "siloed" contributor.
- Core Responsibilities Ideation & Requirements: You will partner with cross-functional teams to define "what" a vehicle needs to observe.
- Workflow Engineering: Build and validate the "Diagnostic Loop"-the path from a vehicle fault code (DTC) to an AI-generated repair recommendation.
Requirements
- System Architecture: Define the specific telemetry hooks (logs, metrics, and traces) required from embedded ECUs to power cloud-based AI reasoning.
- Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
Skills
- Define the API contracts between the vehicle's embedded gateway and the cloud-based diagnostic orchestrator.
Compensation
- This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $85,400-$143,200.
- Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
Benefits
- Experience building real-time production dashboards in Grafana, Dynatrace, or Datadog to monitor system health and "drift."
- application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
Company info
- Experience working on a system that handled 1,000+ concurrent nodes or data streams, demonstrating an understanding of horizontal scalability.
- You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've 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.
- No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
Equal opportunity
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- 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.
- In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online
Visa & Work Authorization
- co/GSR Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
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