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You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.\nIn this position...\nThe ADAS Software Update Systems Engineer owns the system design, specification, and analysis of software update/OTA (over the air) update functionality for the ADAS system, ensuring ADAS software can be successfully updated in accordance with corporate vehicle software update expectations and processes.\n What you'll do...\nArchitect and own the software update strategy for the ADAS system, defining system requirements from concept through production using systems engineering principles, and ensuring alignment with the team's overall functional strategy and architecture.\nEnsure the ADAS system meets corporate software update specifications and architecture requirements, as well as networking and diagnostic standards such as UDS (ISO 14229).\nEvaluate corporate software update specifications and architecture and identify where further specification is required to achieve successful software update for the ADAS system based on system architecture and ECU design.\nAuthor specifications and behavioral models (e.g., state diagrams, sequence diagrams) that translate system-level use cases into implementable requirements for software and hardware teams.\nCommunicate complex technical requirements clearly to a diverse set of partners, including D&R engineers, suppliers, Cloud Operations, and Systems teams.\nPartner directly with software engineers throughout development to guide implementation, resolve open design questions, and ensure requirements are correctly interpreted and realized in code.\nLead or support investigations into anomalies identified during development, working with internal engineering functions and suppliers to identify root cause and feed findings back into system architecture and specifications.\nDefine validation criteria for the specifications you author, treating validation as the final checkpoint of a strategy you built - not a standalone verification task.\nManage software update issue triage across the product lifecycle.\nCollaborate with the appropriate cybersecurity and functional safety counterparts to ensuring update mechanisms (e.g., rollback, integrity checks, authentication) meet ADAS-level safety and security requirements.\nMaintain clear documentation of architecture decisions, specifications, and validation outcomes to support traceability and knowledge transfer across teams.\nYou'll have...\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.\n2+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded software, or automotive electronics, with responsibility for software update / OTA systems.\nDemonstrated experience owning system requirements from concept through production, using formal systems engineering methods (e.g., MBSE, requirements management tools such as DOORS or similar).\nStrong understanding of software update/OTA architectures - including update sequencing, dependency management, rollback strategies, and multi-ECU coordination.\nAbility to evaluate existing specifications and identify gaps, translating high-level architecture into detailed, implementable requirements.\nWorking knowledge of automotive networking and diagnostic protocols, including UDS (ISO 14229), CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet-based automotive networks, and related standards (e.g., ISO 15765, DoIP).\nFamiliarity with ECU architecture and embedded software development constraints (memory, bootloader design, flash/partitioning strategies).\nExperience partnering directly with software/controls engineers during implementation, including reviewing designs and resolving ambiguities in requirements.\nExperience working with external suppliers, including reviewing supplier deliverables against specification and holding suppliers accountable to technical requirements.\nStrong documentation discipline, with experience maintaining architecture decision records, specifications, and traceability artifacts.\nEven better, you may have...\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.\n5+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded software, or automotive electronics, with responsibility for software update / OTA systems.\nExperience working on ADAS, active safety, or other safety-critical automotive systems.\nExperience working on software update / OTA systems for highly complex systems or modules.\nExperience with cloud-based OTA campaign management systems (e.g., campaign orchestration, fleet management, telemetry feedback loops).\nExperience with systems engineering or electronic component release engineering during major vehicle build launch milestones.\nStrong root-cause analysis (e.g., 8D, 5-Why) and problem-solving skills, with experience leading or contributing to technical anomaly/defect investigations.\nFamiliarity with Agile/SAFe development environments in an automotive or embedded context.\nYou 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!\nAs 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 changemaker, 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:\nImmediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage\nFlexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more\nFamily building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more\nVehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases\nTuition assistance\nEstablished and active employee resource groups\nPaid time off for individual and team community service\nA generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day\nPaid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.\nThis position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99,600-$166,600.\nFinal 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.\nFor more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR\nVisa sponsorship is not available for this position.\nCandidates 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.\nWe 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. 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