Software Developer - In-Vehicle Infotainment Camera Software
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 13, 2026. Ford Motor Company scores A on the Alion truth index.
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.
Ford's IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) organization is seeking a Software Developer - In-Vehicle Infotainment Camera Software with deep technical expertise in embedded camera software. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing and deploying mission-critical camera software solutions. Your work will focus on integrating and streaming camera feeds from embedded cameras and ADAS ECUs to the displays on our next-generation automotive platforms.
What you'll do...
Design, develop, and test robust, high-availability camera software for Ford's In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems.
Implement and optimize software for embedded platforms, ensuring reliability and real-time performance in resource-constrained ECUs.
Lead the integration of camera systems, including capturing, processing, and streaming video feeds to vehicle displays.
Collaborate with hardware teams, other software engineering teams, and external partners to define requirements and ensure seamless system integration.
Debug and troubleshoot complex software issues on target embedded hardware, utilizing various debugging tools and techniques.
Contribute to architectural decisions and drive best practices for software development, code quality, and maintainability.
Stay current with emerging technologies in camera systems, video processing, and embedded software development.
You'll have...
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
3+ years of experience in software development with embedded systems or automotive background.
2+ years' experience in C/C++ programming, including modern C++ standards.
1+ years' experience in Camera or Video streaming.
Proven experience with QNX, embedded/automotive Linux or other Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
Working experience with Git/GitHub as a version control system.
Even better, you may have...
Proficiency in image and video processing algorithms, ISP, camera tuning, and multimedia frameworks like V4L2 or GStreamer, with experience leveraging hardware accelerators (GPUs, DSPs) using APIs such as Vulkan or OpenGL.
Comprehensive understanding of low-level programming, hardware/software interfaces, and modern systems languages like Rust coupled with defensive coding techniques.
Experience debugging embedded systems and optimizing software for performance, latency, and memory constraints.
Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN and Ethernet.
Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
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 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:
- 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 range of salary grades 6-8 and ranges from $85,400- $165,000.
Final 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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid#LI-MG3