Senior Software Engineer - Stamping Solutions

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The Digital Manufacturing Systems (DMS) team at Ford is modernizing and expanding our stamping software ecosystem. We build, convert, and maintain mission-critical .NET applications that power stamping planning, reporting, quality, and operations. Our charter is twofold: keep today’s solutions reliable for plants worldwide, and systematically modernize them to be more secure, scalable, maintainable, and efficient.

We operate at the intersection of advanced software, embedded systems, connected hardware, and real-time insights to enable Ford’s transformation into a Virtual First, Connected Factory that closes feedback loops in real time. Our goal is simple: make the operator’s life better while building safer, smarter, and more efficient plants worldwide.
 

In this position…

You will lead the engineering of Ford’s stamping software solutions built on .NET and Visual Studio. You will modernize legacy applications, convert and extend existing capabilities, and ensure production systems remain stable and valuable to the business. You’ll collaborate with manufacturing engineers, product stakeholders, and data/infra partners to deliver durable software that improves throughput, quality, and operator experience.

What you’ll do  

• Own critical .NET/Visual Studio solutions supporting stamping planning, execution, and reporting
• Maintain and harden production applications to ensure reliability, security, and performance
• Convert and extend legacy capabilities (e.g., .NET Framework) toward modern web frameworks (e.g., react) where appropriate
• Re-architect selected modules for scalability, maintainability, and testability
• Design and optimize SQL Server schemas, stored procedures, and business logic; perform performance tuning
• Build and evolve Web APIs and services to integrate with adjacent manufacturing systems
• Deliver user-facing features in existing web UIs (e.g., ASP.NET MVC/Razor, JavaScript/jQuery) and improve UX consistency
• Implement robust error handling, logging/monitoring, and diagnostics to accelerate root-cause analysis
• Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines, build/release automation, and deployment to IIS/Windows Server
• Package and deploy applications in Ford enterprise environments (e.g., SCCM/MSI) ensuring compliance
• Contribute to technical direction, code reviews, documentation, and mentoring of other engineers
• Partner with stamping SMEs and plant stakeholders to translate requirements into durable software designs

You’ll have…

• 20+ years professional software engineering experience, including substantial enterprise delivery
• 10+ years building, maintaining, and modernizing .NET applications using C# and Visual Studio

  Even better, you may have…

• Experience supporting or modernizing Ford stamping or manufacturing applications and reports
• Experience packaging and enterprise software distribution (SCCM, MSI, Wise Package Studio)
• Background spanning multiple tech stacks used alongside .NET (Java/JSF, C++/MFC) in legacy contexts
• Exposure to data migration/ETL, reporting/analytics, and performance profiling in high-throughput systems
• Prior leadership as solution architect/technical lead and mentoring responsibilities
• Deep experience with SQL Server (schema design, T‑SQL, stored procedures, performance tuning)
• Proven track record maintaining production enterprise applications with strong reliability and support practices
• Experience re-architecting or refactoring legacy .NET codebases for maintainability and performance
• Hands-on experience with Web services (REST/SOAP), ASP.NET MVC/Web API, JavaScript/jQuery, HTML/CSS
• Experience deploying to and operating on Windows Server/IIS in enterprise environments
• Proficiency with build/release management and CI/CD (e.g., Azure DevOps, Git), and source control best practices
• Strong collaboration with business analysts/SMEs and demonstrated ability to convert requirements into robust designs

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!

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