Senior Software Developer In Test - HIL Engineer

In this position...

As a Software Developer in Test, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests for our embedded software products.

You will also be responsible for defining, decomposing, and realizing feature, function, interface, and testing requirements and associated integration efforts for Ford's next-generation electronic systems and controls.

You will lead the end-to-end integration and testing of these systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to support product design, vehicle behavior definition, prototype bring-up, and debugging.

We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. Ford'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.

What you'll do...

• Design, build, and maintain comprehensive automotive system-level test benches, ensuring their seamless integration of hardware and software components for reliable and scalable test environments, with a strong emphasis on Python-driven automation.
• Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans, test plans, test cases, and test scripts to rigorously validate functional, non-functional, performance, safety, and regression aspects of automotive software systems and components.
• Overseeing and coordinating the development and validation of Distributed (e.g. Software, Electrical & Mechanical) Features on all UEV programs.
• Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, including software developers (e.g. UX, HMI, Connectivity), controls engineers, and systems engineers, to:

o Develop item definition, identify the system goal, create technical requirements and test scenarios as per consumer electronics and automotive standards

o Authoring and releasing Core Feature Requirements and Specification documents (JAMA, FEDE and JIRA)

o Develop feature specifications, Quality documents (Quality History, Parameter Diagram, Feature Failure Mode Avoidance (FMEA) documentation), feature verification plan, etc.

o Review existing system designs to find new opportunities for cost or quality improvement, with a keen focus on the end customer's user experience.

o Interact with hardware and software teams to come up with specification development for must have products, collaborating with device owners, program teams, core engineers and functional areas to create balanced solutions to competing requirements.

o Execute test cases and test scripts, leveraging advanced Python automation to enhance testing efficiency, accuracy, and repeatability across various testing phases.

o Decompose functional and non-functional requirements to comprehensive test scenarios that are actionable against V&V test platforms and test infrastructure.

o Create a constant feedback loop between field issues and functional requirements and test cases, ensuring that we are left-shifting testing and defect detection.

What you'll do...

• Design, build, and maintain comprehensive automotive system-level test benches, ensuring their seamless integration of hardware and software components for reliable and scalable test environments, with a strong emphasis on Python-driven automation.
• Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans, test plans, test cases, and test scripts to rigorously validate functional, non-functional, performance, safety, and regression aspects of automotive software systems and components.
• Overseeing and coordinating the development and validation of Distributed (e.g. Software, Electrical & Mechanical) Features on all UEV programs.
• Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, including software developers (e.g. UX, HMI, Connectivity), controls engineers, and systems engineers, to:

o Develop item definition, identify the system goal, create technical requirements and test scenarios as per consumer electronics and automotive standards

o Authoring and releasing Core Feature Requirements and Specification documents (JAMA, FEDE and JIRA)

o Develop feature specifications, Quality documents (Quality History, Parameter Diagram, Feature Failure Mode Avoidance (FMEA) documentation), feature verification plan, etc.

o Review existing system designs to find new opportunities for cost or quality improvement, with a keen focus on the end customer's user experience.

o Interact with hardware and software teams to come up with specification development for must have products, collaborating with device owners, program teams, core engineers and functional areas to create balanced solutions to competing requirements.

o Execute test cases and test scripts, leveraging advanced Python automation to enhance testing efficiency, accuracy, and repeatability across various testing phases.

o Decompose functional and non-functional requirements to comprehensive test scenarios that are actionable against V&V test platforms and test infrastructure.

o Create a constant feedback loop between field issues and functional requirements and test cases, ensuring that we are left-shifting testing and defect detection.