Dir, System Integration & Qa

Ford Ford · Auto · Palo Alto, CA +1 · General Management

Director of System Integration & QA for Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team, focusing on developing and testing In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems. The role involves leading QA, System Integration, and System Engineering teams, applying system engineering principles, defining testing and release processes, and managing project timelines. Requires extensive experience in end-to-end software integration, debugging, Agile methodologies, and building automotive software integration teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead high-performing QA, System Integration and System Engineering teams responsible for the development of IVI systems for a transformative new line of Electric Vehicles.
  2. Apply system engineering to design, develop, and deploy production quality software.
  3. Define and drive the system integration and QA strategies and roadmap for IVI system quality, ensuring alignment with Ford's long-term goals and vision for electric vehicles.
  4. Manage project timelines, priorities, and resources to ensure successful, on-time delivery of IVI solutions.
  5. Provide mentorship and career development opportunities to engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Skills

Required

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • end-to-end software integration
  • debugging
  • SIL/HIL systems
  • Agile methodology
  • JIRA
  • TestRail
  • JAMA
  • DOORS
  • software defined vehicle architectures
  • infotainment software
  • embedded software debugging
  • TRACE32
  • Wireshark
  • ADB
  • CANalyzer
  • Eclipse
  • automotive software integration teams
  • automated test suites
  • Python
  • Appium

Nice to have

  • System Engineering
  • System Integration
  • QA
  • performance optimization
  • code quality
  • security

What the JD emphasized

  • 10 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Lead execution of end-to-end software integration and debugging using software-in-the-loop (SIL) or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems to identify any bugs, issues or unexpected behavior and validate functionality according to defined requirements to produce production quality software.
  • 6 years of experience with the following skill is required: 1. Manage complex projects using Agile methodology and tools including JIRA, TestRail, JAMA, or DOORS to ensure on-time delivery and launch.
  • 5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Develop and integrate components of software defined vehicle architectures to deliver advanced infotainment software for modern EVs.
  • 4 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Bootstrap, build and lead automotive software integration teams to design, test, and integrate software features and platform stability and performance.