Ford Motor Company

Applied AI/ML Software Engineer – Supply Chain AI and Decision Intelligence

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: DearbornMissouriUnited States

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Salary

💰 $99,600 - $192,900 per year

About the role

  • Partner with supply chain functional leads to elicit and document business requirements and translate them into technical specifications for AI-driven decision support tools, ensuring every solution delivers measurable business value.
  • Act as the primary technical lead for applied AI implementation. Take pre-developed models from internal partners or 3rd-party vendors (COTS) and successfully deploy them within the supply chain GCP space.
  • Work closely with Knowledge Graph engineering teams to execute model interface against enterprise ontologies, you will design decision-intelligence frameworks that proactively identify and mitigate risks across the global N-tier supplier network. Simulate 'what-if' scenarios using Generative AI and Graph analytics, and enable the supply chain to remain resilient against geopolitical, environmental, and logistical shocks, providing automated prescriptive solutions for supply-chain, logistics and capacity re-allocation before disruptions impact production.
  • Champion and implement AI-assisted development practices. Implement agentic workflows (e.g., AutoGen, CrewAI) and use LLM-based tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, automated PR agents, and AI-generated documentation) to accelerate delivery with high code quality for the Decision Intelligence platform.
  • Design the 'connective tissue' between Knowledge Graph updates and model inference engines. Establish rigorous guardrail frameworks for toxicity, hallucination rates, and latency. Maintain automated pipelines that ensure decision-support tools are always powered by the most current data.
  • Develop reusable integration patterns and data contracts to ensure that AI solutions can be scaled across multiple business units without redundant engineering effort.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of professional Software Development experience with proven progressive experience in AI/ML, data science, or advanced analytics, with a proven track record of delivering production-grade solutions in large enterprise environments.
  • 2+ years in Python and SQL. Familiarity with Graph Query Languages (e.g., Cypher).
  • 2+ years of demonstrated experience with MLOps principles and tools (e.g., Azure ML, AWS SageMaker, GCP AI Platform, Kubeflow, MLflow) and designing / implementing AI-specific SDLCs.
  • 2+ years of experience designing, deploying, and maintaining LLM-powered applications in production, with focus on prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, safety controls, hallucination mitigation, observability, cost optimization, etc.
  • 2+ years of technical expertise in cloud services (GCP/Vertex AI) and data integration patterns.
Benefits
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLGraph Query LanguagesMLOpsAI/MLdata scienceadvanced analyticsLLM-powered applicationsprompt engineeringdata integration patterns
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershiporganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor of Computer ScienceBachelor of EngineeringBachelor of Data Science