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We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?\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...\nIn this role, you will design, build, and scale the test infrastructure that developers, integration engineers, and QA teams rely on to validate software across vehicles, mobile, and cloud. This is a hands-on IC lead role where you’ll define infrastructure, guide adoption of best practices, streamline developer tools, and help shape the future of how Ford delivers reliable, secure, and high-quality EV software.\n What you'll do...\nArchitect, develop, and maintain scalable test infrastructure supporting developers, integration, and QA for the next-gen EV platform, with primary ownership of embedded Linux, sensor sets, camera, and OTA subsystems.\nBuild and optimize frameworks for automation, validation, and continuous integration across embedded Linux, sensor/camera subsystems, and OTA update pipelines.\nPartner with developers and QA to improve test coverage, speed, and reliability for in-vehicle systems, including sensor fusion, camera pipelines, and OTA rollout/rollback, with lighter-touch support for mobile and backend services.\nIntegrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) with support for containerized and hardware-in-the-loop execution.\nDevelop and extend tooling for pytest (Python), embedded/hardware test harnesses, and service-level test frameworks.\nScale infrastructure to support distributed and parallel test execution across embedded targets and virtual environments.\nImprove test observability with dashboards, reporting, and alerting for failures and system health across embedded subsystems.\nAct as a technical mentor for engineers across QA, integration, and development teams.\nBuild toward an automation-first culture and continuous improvement in software quality for platform-level systems.\n You'll have...\nBachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.\n7+ years experience in software development, test automation, or infrastructure engineering, with meaningful time spent on embedded or platform systems.\nStrong proficiency in Python and frameworks such as pytest.\nProven ability to architect scalable test systems that serve multiple teams.\nDeep knowledge of embedded Linux systems, shell scripting, and system-level/kernel debugging.\nHands-on experience testing or integrating sensor sets (e.g., radar, lidar, ultrasonic) and camera subsystems.\nExperience validating OTA (over-the-air) update mechanisms, including delivery, rollback, and failure recovery.\nStrong background in CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and test orchestration.\nExperience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools; cloud platform (GCP/AWS/Azure) exposure a plus.\nExcellent collaboration and communication skills; able to work cross-functionally with developers, QA, and integration engineers.\nEven better, you may have...\nExperience with automotive, embedded systems, or IoT platforms.\nFamiliarity with vehicle testing frameworks, CAN/LIN, or HIL/SIL setups.\nHands-on experience with Appium or similar UI automation frameworks (mobile/Android) - nice to have, not core.\nKnowledge of cloud-native monitoring and logging (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).\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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $146,520-276,600.\nFor more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6SP4\nVisa sponsorship is 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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