Staff Body Controls System Engineer – Integration

Ford Motor Company

Ford’s EVDD team develops electric vehicles. Staff Engineer owning body-controls integration from hardware specification through production launch.

Posted 9/10/2026full-timeLong Beach • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,200 - $283,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in automotive systems integration, including end-to-end integration of body controls components, and possesses strong knowledge of vehicle electrical architecture and functional safety. Proficient in developing network databases and executing validation test plans while mentoring engineers on integration processes.

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Automotive Systems IntegrationNetwork Database AuthoringComponent-Level Hardware FluencyFirst-Principles DebuggingFunctional Safety Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Electrical EngineeringSystems Engineering FundamentalsDiagnostics and UDS-Based ServiceTest Automation or ScriptingMotor ControlDFMEA and HARA ExperienceIntegration Test CapabilitiesRequirements DecompositionTraceabilityInterface Definition

Soft Skills

Influencing Technical DirectionExplaining Engineering Rationale

Tools & Technologies

OscilloscopesDMMsCurrent ProbesPower SuppliesPythonCAPL

Industry Keywords

Body Controls Domain ExperienceAutomotive IndustryISO 26262HomologationElectrical Lab Equipment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonRTOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end integration of body controls components from component hardware specification through bench bring-up, vehicle validation, and production launch
Own component-level bring-up and debug on benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles, defining the process, running it hands-on, and serving as final technical authority on cross-domain issues
Lead vehicle manufacturing integration and end-of-line validation for body controls components
Drive supplier software for networked body controls components by reviewing deliveries against requirements, driving defect triage and resolution with suppliers, and gating release readiness
Develop and maintain network databases and interface artifacts including DBC, LDF, and ARXML
Coordinate with software and systems engineering to satisfy feature and functional requirements
Own interface definition with electrical hardware and distribution teams, creating boundary and block diagrams for body controls subsystems
Define and execute integration and validation test plans covering network behavior and discrete component behavior
Support vehicle behavior decomposition into feature, system, and device requirements in JAMA
Maintain traceability from requirements to validation results
Mentor engineers across the organization on integration process, hardware reasoning, and requirements quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
8+ years in automotive systems integration or comparable electromechanical systems engineering
Hands-on experience authoring and releasing network databases for CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and managing their change control across ECUs and suppliers
Experience with diagnostics and UDS-based service and configuration routines
Component-level hardware fluency, motor and inductive load behavior, transient and fault current, thermal derating, protection circuitry, analog vs. digital input conditioning
Strong systems engineering fundamentals, from requirements decomposition and traceability to interface definition and V&V planning
Proficiency with oscilloscopes, DMMs, current probes, power supplies, and other electrical lab equipment
First-principles debugging across electrical, software, and mechanical domains
Strong knowledge of vehicle electrical architecture, functional safety, and diagnostics processes
Ability to influence technical direction across teams and explain engineering rationale to suppliers and leadership
Body controls domain experience through a production launch (preferred)
Experience with test automation or scripting, including Python or CAPL, to build integration test capabilities (preferred)
Motor control, current sensing, position/Hall sensing, or anti-pinch algorithm experience (preferred)
Hardware or firmware design inside the component, including microprocessor-based design, drivers, or RTOS (preferred)
DFMEA and HARA experience applying ISO 26262 to support homologation (preferred)
Visa sponsorship is available; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Fertility treatments
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
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