$99,000–$225,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Ford Energy
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$115,000–$192,900Dearborn, MIHybrid
A hands-on forward deployed engineer embedded with Ford Energy stakeholders and customers, taking ambiguous operational problems from discovery through production software deployment.
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View posting at Ford Motor CompanyAt a glance
Posted base pay
$115K–$193KBelow the median
Median $187K
This job$115K–$193KTypical senior FDE payMiddle 50% of 1,823 postings$160K–$216KThe work
Builds what the customer runs
Balance
- Mostly building
- Mixed
- Mostly pre-sales or support
Project stages
- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept (not covered)
- Implementation
- Operations
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
- Both
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Individual contributor
What they ask for
Experience
Background
Tools
Visa
Less common in FDE jobs
- Who you build for: Both9%
- Company stage: Public29%
- Company size: About 5,000+ people34%
- Hybrid34%
Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.
What you’ll do
- Discover operational needs with internal teams and customers, then translate them into deployed software.
- Build and operate applications, Go services, GCP infrastructure, and production delivery pipelines.
- Develop secure integrations and edge systems around ERP, CRM, and MES platforms.
- Apply AI-assisted development, AI/ML, and automation to measurable business problems.
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on development, systems architecture, and production integrations.
- Experience taking ambiguous problems from discovery to working software in production.
- Production or applied-business experience with AI/ML and generative AI development tools.
- Experience with Go, Python, TypeScript, API design, GCP, infrastructure-as-code, and delivery automation.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, commercial vehicle services, connected software, and automotive financing.
Public · 5000+ people
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