Offboard Power Conversion Cybersecurity Analyst

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In this position...

This is a role with growth potential into future design and release responsibilities and allows the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams for EV features and develop industry leading content for our charging and energy management products. The successful candidate will be proactive, self-motivated, and detail oriented, with strong teamwork, organizational, oral communication, and written communication skills. The ability to progress design solutions while delivering best compatibility with vehicle targets is a must.

The selected candidate will gain experience working with vehicle charging technology, interfacing with multiple teams/stakeholders, driving future product development, and be developing industry first features and content in the growing field of vehicle electrification and integration with home charging/energy management systems.

What you'll do...

• Support the engineering team by assisting with the implementation of corporate cybersecurity requirements into our home energy products

• Coordinate and execute cybersecurity validation tests on our hardware and firmware

• Provide analysis and report findings from your testing to the engineering team to support the development of secure code and hardened systems

• Develop and maintain scripts (Python, Bash) to support automated security testing and analysis

• Maintain open issues, improvement opportunities/roadmaps, release history for assigned features in Jira

• Track and report out on SW/FW development sprints in Jira

You'll have...

• Bachelor of Science/Arts in Cybersecurity, Computer Information Technology, or a related field with a technical focus.

• Hands-on experience with Python, C-programming, and Bash scripting.

• Experience using network analysis and testing tools such as Wireshark or tcpdump.

• Proven project experience in cybersecurity analysis, including internal security audits, network traffic analysis, or identifying attack patterns.

• Strong organizational, oral, and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Proactive, self-motivated, and detail-oriented.

Even better, you may have...

• Possession of relevant cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Google Cybersecurity Certificate).

• Understanding of major cybersecurity frameworks and standards, specifically NIST CSF (Cybersecurity Framework) or PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard).

• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to effectively interact with and influence multiple internal and external stakeholders.

• While not listed in the raw qualifications, the responsibilities imply that experience with Jira and tracking SW/FW development sprints is highly desired.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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