Software Quality Engineer

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.

Responsibilities

This position requires an assessment-capable engineer who can evaluate compliance, improve process maturity, automate audit readiness, and apply quality predictive analytics to identify risk before it affects program delivery.

In this position... 

The V&V Governance QOS Engineer is a technical role responsible for strengthening Verification & Validation governance, process alignment, assessment readiness, and quality analytics. The role aligns V&V execution to FAP03-149, applicable Ford FAP/QOS procedures, ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, and, where applicable, ISO 8800.

What you'll do...

• Define, maintain, and improve V&V QOS processes, governance routines, templates, and assessment criteria aligned to FAP03-149, Ford FAP/QOS procedures, ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, and ISO 8800 where applicable. 

• Map Agile execution artifacts to formal DV/PV and Software Test Plan expectations, including requirement applicability, SME reviews, milestone timing, evidence retention, regulatory controls, and deviation handling. 

• Own end-to-end traceability rules and automate checks for missing links, incomplete evidence, stale data, and assessment readiness gaps. 

• Lead tool confidence and evidence governance for systems used to create, manage, or report verification evidence. 

• Develop dashboards, KPIs/KRIs, audit automation, and quality predictive analytics to identify leading indicators, defect escape risk, evidence risk, and milestone readiness concerns. 

• Drive corrective/preventive actions, process adoption, training, and stakeholder alignment across V&V, quality, safety, software, and program teams.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience. 

• 2+ years of experience defining, deploying, or assessing V&V, quality, safety, or regulated engineering processes. 

• Working knowledge of FAP03-149 or equivalent DV/PV governance, including verification planning, evidence expectations, reviews, milestones, regulatory requirements, and deviation management.