Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

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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...
• Translate high-level security requirements and designs into practical, efficient implementations by developing and maintaining software components and libraries.
• Partner with each ECU team to effectively develop and integrate security-focused software components into their codebases.
• Perform hands-on debugging and troubleshooting of security implementations, using low-level debugging tools to identify and fix issues.
• Conduct code reviews with a focus on identifying and addressing potential vulnerabilities in both newly developed and existing code.
• Collaborate with Verification & Validation teams to develop and execute security-focused test plans to ensure robust, secure solutions.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for cybersecurity issues that arise during integration and testing.
• Stay current with emerging threats and vulnerabilities in automotive cybersecurity, proposing and implementing innovative solutions to address them.
• Contribute to building a strong security culture within the Advanced EV Development organization.

You'll have...
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, with 5+ years of experience in in embedded systems development and cybersecurity implementation, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of embedded systems architecture and cybersecurity with proven experience applying this knowledge in automotive contexts.
• Proven expertise in embedded C/C++ programming, with a strong focus on secure coding practices.
• Strong debugging skills and experience with embedded systems debugging tools.
• Solid grasp of automotive cybersecurity technologies and mechanisms in areas such as in-vehicle networking (e.g., LIN, CAN, Ethernet, wireless, UDS, XCP, TLS), hardware trust anchors (e.g. HSM, HSE, TEE, secure elements), secure boot, secure diagnostics, key management, and Over-The-Air (OTA) updates.
• Working knowledge of cryptography fundamentals, including symmetric and asymmetric algorithms, hashing, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and X.509 digital certificates, with experience applying these in automotive security contexts.
• Solid understanding of common security vulnerabilities and attack vectors in embedded systems.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively to overcome security challenges in resource-constrained environments.

Even better, you may have...
• Broader automotive development expertise, which may include familiarity with AUTOSAR architecture, real-time operating systems (RTOS), functional safety concepts and their implementation (e.g., ISO 26262), and other automotive-specific development frameworks, standards, and methodologies.
• Experience with one or more of: secure boot, firmware signature verification, OTA, key management, and secure diagnostics.
• Familiarity with automotive cybersecurity standards and regulations (e.g., ISO/SAE 21434, UNECE WP29 R.155/R.156).
• Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Python or Rust
• Experience in conventional cybersecurity domains, including cloud infrastructure security, Linux system hardening, and mobile platform (e.g., Android) security principles and best practices.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• 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.

This position is a salary grade 8.
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