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Ford employs approximately 7,000 people in Canada, while an additional 18,000 people are employees in the more than 400 Ford and Ford-Lincoln dealerships across the country. For more information, please visit www.careers.ford.com\nFord’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.\nIn this position...\nThe Ford BSP and Driver Development Team is seeking a skilled embedded software developer that is experienced in the areas of BSP and secure bootloaders. The range of projects the candidate will be working on will be infotainment, connectivity and other HW modules in the next generation of FORD vehicles.\n What you'll do...\nThe primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:\nDesign and implement BSP/bootloader features as part of a larger team-based software project\nDesign and implement secure boot features\nCreate software design documents\nParticipate in design reviews\nAssist with product verification and validation, troubleshooting and testing\nCommunicate problems early to team members and offer solutions\nDrive or participate troubleshooting with multiple teams and vendors\n You'll have...\nEducation:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field of study.\nExperience:\nMinimum 8 years of experience in the design and development of BSP and bootloaders.\nMinimum 5 years of C experience.\nExperience with ARM-based SoC development.\nMinimum 2 years of Linux kernel driver development experience (device tree, platform drivers, interrupt handling, power management).\nEven better, you may have...\nExperience:\nCapable of reading electronic schematics.\nExperience with automotive Ethernet (100BASE-T1/1000BASE-T1, TC10 sleep/wake).\nSkilled in using debugging tools like JTAG and the oscilloscope/logic analyzer.\nDriver development experience (UART, I2C, SPI, CAN/CAN FD, etc.).\nExcellent problem solving and intuitive debugging skills.\nExperience of driving troubleshooting across multiple teams and vendors.\nUnderstanding of SHE (Secure hardware Extension) specification.\nExperience with Hardware Security Module (HSM) or other SHE based hardware security modules.\nUnderstanding of various cryptographic algorithms (RSA, DES, AES, SHA-1, etc.).\nExperience with eMMC.\nExperience with NAND, NOR memory controllers.\nDesigned and implemented custom bootloader.\nExperience with version control tools (e.g. SVN, Git).\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy within our team.\nThe expected annual salary range for this Ford of Canada position is $96,000.00 - $146,000.00 and individuals may be eligible to participate in our Annual Compensation bonus program.\nWe thank all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.\nSuccessful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.\nAccommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes, where needed, are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.\nCandidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. 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