Director, Core Runtime & Platform Engineering

Ford Motor Company

Palo Alto, CA, United States
Hybrid
Coreos and fmil platform
Edge computing platforms
Distributed systems
Lead the engineering organization responsible for the runtime, edge, connectivity, cloud infrastructure, developer platform, and reliability layers that enable CoreOS and FMIL to operate securely and at scale

Job Summary

  • Lead the engineering organization responsible for the runtime, edge, connectivity, cloud infrastructure, developer platform, and reliability layers that enable CoreOS and FMIL to operate securely and at scale.
  • Build the platform backbone that connects industrial devices, controls, real-time signals, and manufacturing applications into a unified execution environment, while also delivering APIs, SDKs, and reusable platform services.
  • This is an opportunity to help define the platform foundation for Ford’s next generation of manufacturing, leading the engineering systems that make software-defined manufacturing real at scale.

Matching Summary

Lead the engineering organization responsible for the runtime, edge, connectivity, cloud infrastructure, developer platform, and reliability layers that enable CoreOS and FMIL to operate securely and at scale.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • CoreOS and FMIL platform
  • edge computing platforms
  • distributed systems
  • industrial middleware
  • hybrid edge-cloud infrastructure
  • real-time data ingestion
  • platform observability

Nice-to-have

  • software-defined manufacturing
  • automotive manufacturing environments
  • developer productivity and reuse
  • operational trust and transparency

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years software/platform/infrastructure engineering
  • 5+ years leading engineering teams
  • Bachelor's degree in CS/EE
  • Legal authorization to work in the US

Work Rights

Legal authorization to work in the US

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