Advanced Feature Engineer

Job Description
Advanced Feature Engineer
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. 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?
Ford is transforming the transportation industry, delivering higher levels of automation, continuously upgradeable performance, and seamless connected experiences. Software, connectivity, and data are the cornerstones of this evolution, delivering the foundational elements by which Ford will drive this evolution. This role will be central to Ford's success in enabling a truly software defined vehicle.
The position will be required to interface with many functions regularly to architect, develop and define the feature to assess options to deliver the requested functionality and the user experience. You will also be working with members of Technology Strategy to support strategic direction for the company and how to best realize the new functionality or features into our vehicle platforms and programs.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...

• Connect the new experiences and develop a concept of how this can be realized on the vehicle platforms and electrical architectures.
• Interface with multi-functional teams including Ford and supplier Body, Chassis, Electrical Engineering, etc. teams to lead overall feature development, maturation and decision-making
• Collaborate with Digital Product Teams to refine the UX and feature definition.
• Collaborate with Platform System teams and/or functional areas to define the supporting functionality and feature definition for the use cases.
• Collaborate with the Platform team to ensure the right hardware capability is included and the right APIs are on the roadmap and included in the feature functionality.
• Work on concepts being passed from R&A, assisting in further development to ready for the programs.
• Work on "special projects" when other teams do not have the resources to support, can be a variety of different developments ranging from Police features to new technology assessments.
• Perform competitive analysis and maintain knowledge of emerging technologies in the automotive, consumer and commercial fields
• Development of vehicle architectures and full tech stack to enable world class experiences.
• Lead team modernization and transformation including adoption of JIRA to track full life-cycle of SW development process.

Qualifications
You'll have.. .

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience in digital focused systems including sensors, actuators, ECUs, software
• 5+ years with managing vehicle programs, GPDS and the technology planning processes
• 5+ years of experience managing features from conception to launch, with the product delivering end-user experiences
• Experience coding, modeling and prototyping
• Experience with digital signal protocols and processing of data

Even better, you may have...

• Master's degree
• Strong communication (oral and written) skills; including the ability to explain complex concepts to audiences of varying levels of technical understanding
• Systems engineering knowledge and capability
• Able to cover a wide range of technical topics
• Strong leadership skills - ability to manage meetings with senior leaders
• Experience with in-vehicle architectures and their roadmaps, constraints, and complexity
• Experience with human-centered design and working directly with customers
• Nimble business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions that deliver impact
• Hyper collaborative, team centric leader, that can encourage and partner with teams and leaders, regardless of level to advance the integration of digital experiences

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.
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This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 .
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-JS1