Senior Software Engineer at Ford Global

Department: PD Operations and Quality

Compensation

$189,051 – $207,289/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Long Beach, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 22, 2026

Description

Ford Motor Company is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Product Development team in Long Beach, California. The hybrid role focuses on embedded software for electric vehicles, including EVSE and inverter integration, safety-critical battery protection, power-electronics algorithms, high-voltage testing, firmware, vehicle communication protocols, and functional safety. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field and extensive progressive experience across embedded C, ARM Cortex drivers, high-voltage integration, MISRA C and ISO 26262, battery management, power-converter controls, and hardware-in-the-loop testing. The salary is $189,051.00 to $207,288.84 per year, with medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.

Required Skills

Embedded C
RTOS
ARM Cortex
MISRA C
ISO 26262
Battery management
DCDC converters
Hardware-in-the-loop

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Required Previous Experiences: 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the offered job or a related occupation
6 years implementing embedded C software in RTOS and bare-metal environments
6 years developing and optimizing low-level peripheral drivers for ARM Cortex processors
6 years performing hardware circuit analysis and troubleshooting with oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers
6 years integrating high-voltage components in electric vehicles for system-level power conversion
4 years implementing vehicle communication protocols including CAN, CAN-FD, SPI, I2C, UART, LIN, and UDS
4 years developing software under MISRA C and ISO 26262 functional safety requirements for ASIL B or higher
4 years implementing battery management algorithms for SOC, SOH, SOE, and SOT
2 years developing firmware and real-time control algorithms for high-frequency DCDC converters
2 years assessing software and control-algorithm performance with HIL platforms such as Typhoon, dSPACE, or OPAL-RT