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Ford employs approximately 6,500 people in Canada, while an additional 20,000 people are employed in the approximately 430 Ford and Ford-Lincoln dealerships across the country. For more information on Ford Careers, please visit www.careers.ford.com.\nProduct Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!\nIn this position...\nFocus is on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration in Ford’s Infotainment system using Android. You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment to develop end-to-end software features, from initial prototyping to real-world testing in Ford vehicles to ensure a seamless experience for millions of drivers. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and managing various pieces of software that runs on the latest infotainment systems that are used in Ford vehicles all over the world! You will design and implement customer-visible features that are used by millions of people every day. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to test your software under real conditions in Ford test vehicle.\n What you'll do...\nThe primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:\nLeverage industry best practices to design, implement, test, and support new feature development.\nWork in an agile team of software developers, test engineers, technical product managers and leads.\nOwn and develop software features end to end.\nInvestigate options for how to design new features, reviewing these options with the rest of the team.\nDevelop proof of concepts and prototypes of potential new features for next generation infotainment systems.\nInvestigating, debugging, understanding, and fixing bugs in the product.\nReview other team members designs and code, supplying constructive feedback.\n You'll have...\nEducation: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or related degree.\nExperience:\n3 to 5 years' professional software development experience.\n2+ years' experience in Android software development using Kotlin or Java and JNI.\nEven better, you may have...\nEducation: Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.\nExperience:\nExperience working on CarPlay and Android-Auto.\nProficiency and hands-on experience with C and/or C++.\nExperience with automotive infotainment systems.\nSpecialized experience with Audio, Bluetooth, Wifi.\nExperience working effectively within an Agile development environment.\nWorking knowledge of Git for source code management and collaboration.\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. 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