Software Engineer

Need software engineer to work on the MATLAB & Simulink toolset with the knowledge of OOP concepts and MATLAB scripting. Job involves software engineering responsibilities such as understanding the requirement, design and develop the solution, analyze the Simulink models, problem debugging and analysis, testing the developed components/models and push the tested module to the version-controlled environment (GitHub).
Note: Ford GSR 6 position on-site Ford Chennai office, India

. Develops software to deliver user stories that contribute to a valuable working software
product.
. Develops automated unit tests with working software, to confirm software functionality
conformance to functional and non-functional requirements.
. Develops automated functional tests to confirm user story acceptance and to detect
regression defects.
. Develops good understanding the product's value/use.
. Has a thorough knowledge of the services handled by the Product Team
. Ensures that quality is built into their software throughout the development lifecycle.
. Performs exploratory testing to confirm application execution and to identify software
deficiencies not covered by automated testing.
. Reviews continuous integration build status and fixes build failures.
. Improves continuous integration tooling by automating manual processes within the delivery
pipeline and improving quality gates based on past learnings.
. Reviews ongoing production software operations and troubleshoots production issues.
. Implements tooling that monitors application performance metrics and automatically notifies
team when a failure occurs in production.
. Uses agile techniques to deliver small, incremental changes continuously while working with
the Product Manager and Product Designer to ensure customer needs are being met.
. Applies software craftsman principles like clean code and test-driven development
. Active participant in all team agile ceremonies:
o Backlog Refinement/Iteration Planning
o Stand-up
. Provides input to product governance communications
o Triages incidents and provides production support

. 3+ years of experience as a MATLAB developer with good understanding of Object-Oriented
Programming
. Experience in Simulink modeling, simulation, and code generation. (2+ years preferred)
. Strong MATLAB debugging and data/problem analysis skills.
. Experience with test-driven development practices
. Experience working in any Agile framework, in the true spirit of Agile
. Experience in MIL, SIL & HIL.
. Experience in AI-augmented development such as GitHub Copilot and Large Language
Models (LLMs)
. Familiarity with GitHub or equivalent source control repositories
. Experience troubleshooting application and performance issues.
. Good to be familiar with Model-Based Design
. Good to have the basic knowledge on NoSQL databases (MongoDB)
. Good to understand the fundamental data modelling
. Good to have the knowledge of Java programming and its framework like Springboot and
Angular framework.
. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
. Strong focus on quality practices
. Good communication and interpersonal skills
. Ability to multi-task and manage changing priorities
. Ability to work independently and take initiative when facing unexpected problems