Hiring: Director, Core Runtime & Platform Engineering Company: Ford Motor Company Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:25:34 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, CI/CD, Data Pipeline, Docker, GCP, Grafana, Kafka, Kubernetes, NATS, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Pub/Sub, TCP/IP, gRPC About the job Experience: •10+ years in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering •5+ years leading engineering teams delivering complex systems at scale Required Skills: •The Director, Core Runtime & Platform Engineering leads the engineering organization responsible for the runtime, edge, connectivity, cloud infrastructure, developer platform, and reliability layers that enable CoreOS and FMIL to operate securely and at scale across plants, vehicle programs, and ATP product platforms. •Lead the engineering systems that make software-defined manufacturing real at scale by connecting machines, signals, factory systems, and product platforms into a common runtime backbone. •Also help create the APIs, SDKs, and developer platform capabilities that allow ATP teams to build on Core consistently rather than reinventing infrastructure product by product. Compensation: •Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!