- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- DetroitMichiganUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Aug 7, 2026
- Salary
- $218,240–$327,360 a year
Software Engineering Manager II - Security & Lifecycle
Job description
Latitude AI ( lat.ai ) is building the future of Ford’s autonomy roadmap to make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. Bringing this vision to scale, our fully in-house developed hands-free ADAS platform will debut on the all-new Ford Fathom in 2027.
When you join the Latitude team, you’ll work alongside leading experts across machine learning and robotics, cloud platforms, mapping, sensors and compute systems, test operations, systems and safety engineering – all dedicated to redefining the relationship between people and their vehicles for millions of customers.
As a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, we operate independently to develop automated driving technology at…
Job responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for nonvolatile memory management, software update workflows, low-level storage drivers, and platform security
- Set technical direction for how software updates are packaged, validated, and safely applied to vehicles in the field
- Guide the design and maintenance of low-level storage drivers and nonvolatile memory management strategies across the compute platform
- Own the memory map for the platform, allocating space across different memory units and nonvolatile storage for all consuming teams
- Oversee trusted firmware implementation and the full key lifecycle, including provisioning at manufacturing, in-field rotation, and revocation, to ensure a secure boot chain and verify the authenticity of code running…
- Direct the development of manufacturing image creation and tooling used to provision devices during production
- Partner with systems safety and security engineering to ensure update, storage, and key management workflows meet automotive safety and security requirements
- Work with silicon and tooling partners to resolve low-level integration issues related to storage, firmware, and provisioning
Job requirements
- This is a hands-on management role! Strong architectural, coding, and management skills are a must as you work in all 3
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 7+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or PhD and…
- Significant experience in embedded systems software development, with strong hands-on C++ programming experience
- At least 2 years of experience in an engineering management or technical leadership role
- Deep knowledge of nonvolatile memory technologies and low-level storage driver development
- Experience with software update systems, including packaging, validation, and safe rollout/rollback strategies
- Experience with trusted firmware (e.g., ARM Trusted Firmware) and secure boot concepts
- Experience with cryptographic key management practices, including key provisioning, rotation, and revocation in embedded systems
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