Build Engineer

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s 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. You’ll 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.

You’ll have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Yocto build systems.
• 5+ years of experience with CMake.
• 2+ years of experience with Bazel.
• 2+ years of development experience with C/C++.
• Knowledge of C/C++ compiler tool chains and cross-compilation.
• Expert-level understanding of Git and version control strategies.
• Scripting experience in Python and Bash.
• Experience with containerization technologies and tools:
  Docker, Podman, and Buildah.
• Implementation of CI/CD pipelines with Git Hub Actions/Git Lab CI.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals.
• Understanding of build security practices and artifact signing.
• Experience with build performance optimization and metrics collection.

Even better, you may have:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or other STEM focus areas with prior experience as an embedded software developer.
• Experience with AOSP build system.
• Experience with Android repo tools.
• Experience with embedded systems development and multiple target architectures.
• Programming experience in Rust and Rust tool chains.
• Experience with additional build systems like Jenkins or Team City.
• Knowledge of automotive industry standards (ISO 26262, ASPICE).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools for build systems.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements for embedded systems.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning and security tooling.
• Knowledge of branching strategies and release management processes.

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. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the global, 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 change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or 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, subsidised back‑up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount programme 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 Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 6.

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Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting…