Vehicle Controls Communications Stack Software Engineer

Ford is looking for a highly skilled Embedded Software Engineer to join our Vehicle Controls team. In this role, you will be the subject matter expert for the communication stack, ensuring seamless data exchange across vehicle networks. You will join our agile, technically expert engineering team that is innovative, adaptable, curious, and organized to capitalize on emerging trends and opportunities. Vehicle Controls Communications Stack Software Engineer * Architect & Configure: Lead the configuration and integration of the Basic Software (BSW) Communication Stack using Vector tools such as DaVinci Configurator. * Software Development: Develop embedded C software for communication interfaces, including CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, and Cybersecurity ensuring high-performance and reliable data transmission. * Lifecycle Management: Manage communication stack software change requests including planning and version control, participate in broad forums from team level code reviews to managements change control boards, maintain tests and documentation for specifications. * Validation & Troubleshooting: Perform routine design verification along with advanced validation, debugging and root-cause analysis of complex communication and timing issues using Vector CANAlyzer, CANoe, and Lauterbach Trace32. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with network architects and feature engineers to define signal interfaces and ensure powertrain requirements are accurately reflected in databases and embedded software implementation. * Automation & Scripting: Design and maintain scripts and tools to automate the generation, validation, and testing of communication artifacts (ARXML, DBC, etc.) and build processes. * Continuous Integration: Support the development of automated CI/CD pipelines for communication software, ensuring rapid and high-quality software releases. * Architect & Configure: Lead the configuration and integration of the Basic Software (BSW) Communication Stack using Vector tools such as DaVinci Configurator. * Software Development: Develop embedded C software for communication interfaces, including CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, and Cybersecurity ensuring high-performance and reliable data transmission. * Lifecycle Management: Manage communication stack software change requests including planning and version control, participate in broad forums from team level code reviews to managements change control boards, maintain tests and documentation for specifications. * Validation & Troubleshooting: Perform routine design verification along with advanced validation, debugging and root-cause analysis of complex communication and timing issues using Vector CANAlyzer, CANoe, and Lauterbach Trace32. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with network architects and feature engineers to define signal interfaces and ensure powertrain requirements are accurately reflected in databases and embedded software implementation. * Automation & Scripting: Design and maintain scripts and tools to automate the generation, validation, and testing of communication artifacts (ARXML, DBC, etc.) and build processes. * Continuous Integration: Support the development of automated CI/CD pipelines for communication software, ensuring rapid and high-quality software releases.

Created: 2026-04-13