- Ford Motor Company
- Palo Alto, CA
- Full-Time
- 76 days ago
- $150,200–$283,500
Staff Camera Software Engineer.
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Staff Camera Software Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a staff-level software engineer focused on Linux-based camera and ISP systems for electric vehicles.
- The Person:The person will own the Linux camera and ISP stack, integrate firmware commands and responses, handle sensor and CSI bring-up, fix reliability issues, and guide architecture and cross-team alignment.
- Requirements:The role requires deep Linux camera and ISP stack experience, V4L2 media pipeline implementation, firmware command and response integration, DMA-BUF and GPU-shared memory handling, sensor and CSI bring-up, and kernel-space debugging.
About the role
We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
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.
In this position...
As a Staff Camera Software Engineer, you will take ownership of a Linux camera/ISP stack centered on the chipset vendor's ISP architecture. Your work will span V4L2 media pipeline implementation, firmware command/response integration, DMA-BUF and GPU-shared memory handling, sensor/CSI bring-up, and production-grade reliability fixes. This is a hands-on development role requiring deep kernel-space debugging, concurrency management, and hardware-software co-design. As a staff-level engineer, you will also serve as a technical leader setting architectural direction, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-team alignment on the camera/ISP roadmap.