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Long Beach, CA

Student Worker Program, Software Engineer

Internship
Transportation & Infrastructure
Software engineering
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Ford

Global automotive manufacturer
76.1
Palpable Score
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Responsibilities

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What you'll do...

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•    You will learn how to create code and manage data that will directly impact the environment by improving electric vehicle energy efficiency
•    You’ll grow your expertise and analytical skills through collaboration with a global, cross-functional team, ownership of a well-defined project, and exposure to new technology and tools used to improve vehicles and customer experience.
•    Hands-on experience developing and deploying data-driven processes and toolsets to provide insights and guide engineering decisions
•    Multi-faceted first-hand experience working on next generation electric vehicle, from concept development, prototyping, to vehicle testing and calibration, encompassing both physical and virtual analysis and testing  

• Develop an automated test framework in Python to validate bootloaders across a network of ECUs, enabling reliable OTA (Over-the-Air) update functionality , a critical feature of advanced vehicle systems
• Implement automated testing of DIDs and UDS routines to ensure compliance and robustness of ECU communication and diagnostics
• Support bootloader validation activities including watchdog testing, recovery scenarios, Authenticity  and integrity verification.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of bootloader validation workflows, integrating results into CI pipelines for system-wide regression testing
• Leverage strong knowledge of embedded C, bootloader architecture, and automotive communication protocols (CAN, UDS) to enhance software reliability and performance

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Qualifications

You'll have...

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•    Pursuit of a relevant Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in computer science, Automotive / Mechanical Engineering or a related field  
•    A GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)  
•    Analytical and creative problem-solving skills
•    Team player who can work in fast-paced, and multi-disciplinary environment
•    Curiosity to ask “Whys” and motivation to investigate and explore
•    Must be able to work from the Irvine, CA or Dearborn, MI campus.  
•    Must be able to dedicate 6 MONTHS for this engagement  
•    Candidates must graduate and be available for full-time work prior to September 2025  

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Even better, you may have...

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•    Prior experience related to electric vehicles is a bonus
•    Experience developing cloud-based CI/CD pipelines and tools to perform regression analysis and create live dashboards
•    Experience in leveraging data to provide insights and drive engineering decisions

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About the company

Ford

Company overview
Ford is a global automotive company that designs, manufactures, and sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, plus connected services. Ford operates across three main customer-focused segments spanning gas and hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and software, and commercial vehicles and services. Ford also provides financing through Ford Credit. Early-career roles sit across engineering, manufacturing, IT, finance, marketing, and commercial teams, plus corporate and customer-facing operations.

Locations and presence

Ford is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan with operations across the US and globally, including engineering centers and manufacturing sites. Ford told most global salaried employees to work in-office four days per week from September 1, 2025, while internships and early-career roles vary by team between on-site and hybrid setups.

Palpable Score

76.1
/ 100
Ford has multiple reliable entry points for graduates, including a summer internship program with a stated path to full-time offers and several rotational programs for new grads and MBAs. The score is capped because Ford does not publish cohort outcomes such as internship conversion rates, early-tenure retention, or typical time-to-promotion for entry-level hires.
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