Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future.

In this position, you will focus on designing and developing Android applications for our in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) platform, enhancing the performance, reliability, and user experience of our automotive software.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and development of Android applications and reusable libraries for our in-vehicle infotainment platform.
• Build and maintain app-level integrations with system services and vehicle APIs, consuming AIDL interfaces and Android services exposed by the platform.
• Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and hardware teams to gather requirements and define technical solutions for infotainment features.
• Analyze performance bottlenecks and troubleshoot application-level issues, ensuring high efficiency, responsiveness, and user satisfaction.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and ensure adherence to best coding practices and high-quality standards.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation covering app architecture, workflows, and technical specifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience, particularly in Android application development and experience working on AOSP-based platforms.
• Strong expertise in Java and Kotlin; familiarity with C/C++ or Rust is a plus.
• Deep understanding of Android application lifecycle management, services, and IPC methods (Binder).
• Experience integrating Android applications with hardware-backed services and platform APIs, including consuming HAL-backed functionality exposed to the app layer.
• Familiarity with Android Interface Definition Language (AIDL) for consuming and managing IPC mechanisms within applications.
• Proficient in using modern development tools and methodologies, including Agile practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to analyze and optimize application performance while prioritizing an exceptional in-vehicle user experience.

Benefits

• 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.