Responsibilities
- Develop Telematics Pipelines: Build and operate end-to-end data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that ingest and process large-scale vehicle telemetry, including GPS, speed, and engine diagnostics.
- Integrate Map APIs: Implement and maintain integrations with Google Maps APIs for geocoding, snap-to-road functionality, and distance calculations.
- Spatial Data Modeling: Develop and optimize data models in BigQuery using GEOGRAPHY types and spatial indexing (e.g., S2 or H3 cells) for efficient geospatial querying.
- Medallion Architecture: Maintain data flowing through Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers to support trip reconstruction and reporting.
- Orchestration & CI/CD: Build and manage pipeline orchestration using Airflow/Astronomer and ensure deployments follow CI/CD standards using Terraform and Git.
- Monitor Data Quality: Implement automated checks to detect GPS drift, signal loss, or data inconsistencies using tools like Splunk, Grafana, or Looker.
- Privacy & Security: Apply data governance and compliance controls, ensuring the protection of sensitive location data and PII.
- Cloud Optimization: Monitor GCP resource usage (BigQuery, Dataflow, GCS) to ensure cost-effective processing of high-frequency telematics data.
- Support & Maintenance: Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to maintain the reliability of data services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering or a similar technical role and direct experience in telemetry, IoT, or time-series data.
- 3+ years Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc).
- 1+ year experience working with Google Maps Platform APIs or similar geospatial web services.
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with PySpark and geospatial libraries (e.g., GeoPandas, Shapely).
Benefits
- 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
- 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.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: agile team
Additional Information
- Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
