Peter Farkas

Chief Engineer at Ford

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

About

I am an engineer with a passion for architecting and developing embedded systems. I hold a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, with over 16 years of experience in hardware, software, and systems engineering. Over those years I have planned projects, architected systems and software, developed hardware and software, and led multiple teams.

Experience

  • Ford Motor Company (9 yrs 5 mos)
    • Chief Engineer, Embedded Connectivity
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Chief Engineer, Zonal Software
      Dec 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

      I lead a global team of over 300 engineers working out of the US, Canada, Mexico, and India. We develop and test the software for the Zonal modules in Ford's Software Defined Vehicle architecture.

    • Manager, Zonal Software
      Jul 2023 - Dec 2023 · 6 mos

  • BlackBerry (6 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Systems Architect
      Apr 2013 - Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for the thermal management, and other safety systems, on all BlackBerry handheld devices Architected software features for thermal and power systems Planned and managed projects Lead a team of developers and testers

    • Systems Designer
      May 2012 - Apr 2013 · 1 yr

      Was responsible for the thermal management of handheld devices Simulated algorithms and systems in MATLAB Provided statistical analysis of massive data sets Coordinated activities between multiple teams and departments

    • Software Developer
      Oct 2010 - May 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Developed OS software for BB7 and BB10 handheld devices. Worked on drivers, thermal management, and power optimization. Member of the product delivery team for Bold 9900/9930 and P’9981.

  • Embedded Engineer at Larus Technologies
    Aug 2007 - Oct 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Created FPGA and microcontroller based embedded systems. Developed software using C, Assembly, and Java languages. Digital logic design using VHDL. Designed, fabricated, and assembled PCBs. Designed mixed-signal systems.

  • Research Associate at University of Ottawa
    May 2006 - Apr 2008 · 2 yrs

    Digital design of next generation packet switches. Implementation in FPGA based embedded systems. C programing of Altera NIOS II soft-core processors.