Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

You'll have... 

A bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field and  5 years of experience in the position offered or 5 years of experience performing automotive software development or validations.  Also requires 5 years of experience utilizing software testing and quality assurance methodologies. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience as stated, the employer will accept a master’s or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 3 years of experience as stated.  Requires 3 years of experience providing feature testing support for Automotive Electronic Control Units (ECU); and  Requires 3 years of experience designing and testing embedded systems for high performance, high reliability computing applications.  Employee reports to office in Palo Alto, CA. Position may work from home, but must live within commuting distance of stated office.  Experience may be, but need not be, acquired concurrently.

We are offering a salary of $216,590 to $223,860 per year.

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSRPaloAlto

Candidates 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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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What you’ll be able to do: 

Software Validation Engineer positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Palo Alto, CA). Exercise autonomy in supporting the development of autonomy, electrification, and smart mobility technologies. Develop test procedures, plans, automated scripts, and cases. Provide mentorship to junior team members in order to perform automated and manual test execution, results analysis, root cause analysis, and verifications. Collaborate cross-functionally with technical specialists, feature owners, development teams, and other test teams in support of testing and development activities of features to understand testing requirements and implement required test tools and tests scripts, as well as bring ideas from proof-of-concept into production.