SDET

Ford Motor Company

SDET role in Ford's Electric Vehicles team delivering innovative solutions for automated testing in the automotive sector. Contributing to the development of tools and frameworks for enhanced testing processes.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeAllen Park • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $86,600 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DjangoGroovyJavaJenkinsLinuxPythonShell ScriptingSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and maintain software tools and features to assist in automated testing while following standard best practices.
Develop and maintain test libraries that interface with vehicle electronic control units (ECUs).
Develop and maintain test libraries that interface with test management systems and defect tracking systems.
Interface with other development teams and manual test teams to understand testing requirements and implement required test tools and tests scripts.
Participate in code review activities to ensure changes follow best practices, identify regressions, and stay up to date on the team’s solutions.
Bring forth fresh ideas for innovating existing solutions or creating new solutions to unsolved problems.
Contribute to team deliverable through involvement in agile scrum development sprints.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
2+ year experience with object-oriented analysis and design, multi-threading, algorithms and data structures.
2+ year experience in Python development (coursework and/or research allowed).
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Analytical with the ability to root-cause problems creatively and effectively.
**Even better, you may have...**
Experience with automated testing environments and frameworks (ie: PyTest, unit testing, Slash).
Experience with CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous deployment) systems (ie: Jenkins).
Experience with batch and shell scripting (Windows and Linux command line scripting).
Experience with Groovy, Java, C++ development.
Experience with Test Case management systems (ie: TestRail), defect tracking systems (ie: JIRA), and source code versioning control systems (GitHub).
Experience with embedded OS (QNX, Linux).
Ability to work in a multi-site team environment where self-driven and self-motivate capabilities are key qualities.
Experience with web application development (Django).
Experience with automated GUI testing solutions (ie: Squish).
Experience with database querying and administration (SQL).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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

Pythonobject-oriented analysismulti-threadingalgorithmsdata structuresautomated testingbatch scriptingshell scriptingweb application developmentdatabase querying

Soft Skills

verbal communicationwritten communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingself-drivenself-motivated