Staff Software Developer - IVI Test Infrastructure

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'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.

In this position...

In 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.

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?

What you'll do...

• Architect, 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.
• Build and optimize frameworks for automation, validation, and continuous integration across embedded Linux, sensor/camera subsystems, and OTA update pipelines.
• Partner 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.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) with support for containerized and hardware-in-the-loop execution.
• Develop and extend tooling for pytest (Python), embedded/hardware test harnesses, and service-level test frameworks.
• Scale infrastructure to support distributed and parallel test execution across embedded targets and virtual environments.
• Improve test observability with dashboards, reporting, and alerting for failures and system health across embedded subsystems.
• Act as a technical mentor for engineers across QA, integration, and development teams.
• Build toward an automation-first culture and continuous improvement in software quality for platform-level systems.

What you'll do...

• Architect, 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.
• Build and optimize frameworks for automation, validation, and continuous integration across embedded Linux, sensor/camera subsystems, and OTA update pipelines.
• Partner 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.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) with support for containerized and hardware-in-the-loop execution.
• Develop and extend tooling for pytest (Python), embedded/hardware test harnesses, and service-level test frameworks.
• Scale infrastructure to support distributed and parallel test execution across embedded targets and virtual environments.
• Improve test observability with dashboards, reporting, and alerting for failures and system health across embedded subsystems.
• Act as a technical mentor for engineers across QA, integration, and development teams.
• Build toward an automation-first culture and continuous improvement in software quality for platform-level systems.