The role of Manufacturing Software Developer – Test Station involves working on station side code to support two areas of responsibility related to hardware testing of our electronic control units.  The first area is the functional testing of hardware in the devices at the factory where they are built.  The second aspect is the design verification of the hardware through automated reliability testing performed by the hardware team in lab environments. 

For the factory, the team develops the software that interacts with the measurement equipment and the device under test as well as the sequence that executes all the required tests.  The team works in close collaboration with hardware teams, various device software teams for drivers and the factory manufacturing specialists who are designing the tests.

For design verification, the team needs to support additional requirements for the specifics of those tests that extend what is developed for the factory.  The team members will also need to work in cooperation with the hardware team members to root cause issues seen to determine if these are hardware or software issues which is exposed during the extreme conditions and/or multiple repetitions of the tests.

The successful candidate would be responsible for PC software development using Microsoft C# programming language and National Instruments TestStand.  We have an established framework of functionality which provides a base set of functions to use in the development, based upon the initial devices we have worked on.  The team will continue to expand our base framework and test capabilities as we move ahead with the next generation of devices using newer processors and technologies.

The team is composed of groups at multiple sites in Canada and the US. The candidate will have the opportunity to work with local and remote team members and other Ford groups who can share knowledge and insights and help to educate the new team member on the products we work on, the software architecture and implementation.   As we support the factory from the earliest prototype builds there are opportunities to travel to the factory locations and provide direct on-site support with fellow Ford employees working with our suppliers.