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The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles.  By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to five thousand dealers and more than four million customers in over one hundred countries around the world.

Multiple applied research projects for Ford Credit IT Research (TechART) are the norm for our innovation in areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain (BC), Quantum Computing (QC), and related workstreams.   These include research and applied research in areas of AI/ML, AI/NLP, Computer Vision, Quantum Computing simulations, Blockchain digitial identity, Cognitive Science, Cybersecurity, and Deep Learning.   We also conduct learning events and work diligently toward democratization of AI and other high complexity technologies so that IT can participate and grow in capability and career.

This position will focuses on and drives participation in researching latest cutting edge efforts and technologies within the applied technology and learning spaces, and conducts applied research efforts in the lab environment with cross-functional TechART, Ford ET, and Credit IT personnel (as well as others from analytics-based groups). The research SE will be involved in all aspects of applied research from idea inception to brainstorming to applicability testing.

You'll have…

Bachelors degree in a cognitive sciences related curriculum (computer science, computational linguistics, cognitive psychology, music theory, etcetera) Demonstrated experience in complex IT research  Experience in AI (ML, statistical software, classifying, XAI, computer vision) Full stack development (Python, Javascript, SQL) Experience in the financial and/or manufacturing industries

Even better you may have….

Strong demonstrated motivation to enjoy learning and creating

 

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, and prescription drug coverage Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases Tuition assistance Established and active employee resource groups Paid time off for individual and team community service A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

2024 New Hire Benefits Summary

This position is for for a Salary Grade 6-8

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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What you'll do…

 Researching and describing latest cutting-edge technologies and efforts in the advanced technology space, including creation of white papers describing all efforts, including applicability evaluation for the Ford Credit business portfolio.   Papers should reflect a gained understanding of the high complexity of related technologies and descriptions of adoption feasibility for each explored innovation/technology, including alternatives for further work.  Measurables will include quality and comprehensiveness of documentation.  Publications and presentations are required.  Conduct applied research in firewalled and cloud based applied research laboratories to be used for benchmarking and applicability testing of technologies, including Edge Computing, Semantic Web, Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Distributed Computing, and Knowledge Based Engineering, Blockchain, and QC simulation tools.  Ensure tools perform functions that relate to Ford Credit potential business solutions.  Measurables will include number and functional quality of components installed and tested. Create datasets and working models and demos from existing data sources to support applied research efforts, including semantic triples from database and Ontology sources, natural language processing domain models, pattern recognition baseline data, and other technical big data from industry and Ford.   Ensure that data is high quality and identify opportunities for obtaining data from inter-portfolio and industry sources.  Measurables will include number of data sources identified and number and quality of models created. Participate in brainstorming sessions with IT and Business personnel.   Demonstrate skills of listening, learning, and sharing.  Measurables will include quality and comprehensiveness of notes reflecting an understanding of the discussions.