Senior Embedded Platform Engineer

This team is responsible for performing initial development on each ECU, and for developing the common libraries and services that are used across all ECUs.

What you’ll do:

• Specify requirements, design, implement, and test both bare metal and RTOS low‑level software for creating a scalable platform.
• Develop multicore, time and safety critical software architectures.
• Work with and resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs.
• Create elegant, efficient real‑time software components and interfaces.
• Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity, stability, and release readiness.
• Work with hardware and debuggers at a bench and HIL level to verify software operation.
• Define system‑level power, compute, and communication requirements and implement solutions that allow different applications to achieve different combinations of configurations.
• Profile power, CPU, and bus usage and identify optimization opportunities on the submodule as well as system level.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes.

You’ll have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded software development using
  
  C.
• Experience with automotive MCUs from NXP, TI, and STM.
• Experience with RTOSes such as u‑velocity, FreeRTOS, and safe
  
  RTOS.
• Experience with bare‑metal and RTOS software development, including board bring‑up.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with build systems such as make and Bazel.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and design.
• Excellent communication skills.

• Experience in driver development and RTOS integration.
• Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools.
• Experience with ISO
  26262 development.
• Experience with automotive technologies such as CAN, LIN, UDS, and DoIP.
• Experience with automotive testing tools such as Vector Canoe.
• Knowledge of MISRA.
• Knowledge of commercial compilers and embedded debugging tools such as GHS and Keil.

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 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 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, 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 Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 8.
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Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
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• Job Identification 57283
• Job Category PD Operations and Quality
• Posting Date 01/14/2026, 03:41 PM
• Apply Before 01/30/2026, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 3251 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, US (Hybrid)