Ford Motor Company

Senior Embedded Controls Engineer, Vehicle Motion

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Python

About the role

  • Create and implement the control strategy for various vehicle motion attributes and functions, including lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics
  • Work with suppliers to define functions and interfaces into 3rd party components, driving consolidation and integration into centralized vehicle motion control system
  • Collaborate with software integration teams to bring up core functions and broadcast software level requirements to electrical hardware and systems teams
  • Understand functional safety principles and participate in functional safety analyses of complex vehicle subsystems
  • Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions
  • Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews through all vehicle program development phases
  • Collaborate with other system integration leads to capture component level requirements, provide subject matter expertise in sourcing discussions, and collect and approve Device Transmittals
  • Early firmware development focus on hardware validation, labcar testing, and setting up the automation framework for unit, SIL and HIL testing

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent
  • 10+ years of experience on embedded controls systems such as chassis systems, VCM, or similar dynamic functions
  • 10+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development
  • 10+ years of experience with Vehicle Network Protocols such as CAN, LIN & Automotive Ethernet
  • Strong EE fundamentals and hands-on experience with electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, power supplies, etc.)
  • 10+ years of experience using embedded networking interface tools for automotive, aerospace, or similar field
  • Experience and working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, battery technologies, software/hardware tool development, motor calibration technologies, OBD calibration, functional safety, network, and diagnostics process
  • Experience with creating and executing component-level test procedures and owning all test results
  • Experience developing features such as hill hold, stability controls, anti-lock braking, park assist, cruise or adaptive cruise control
  • Experience with software build tools like Bazel, Scons, Cmake
  • Ability to write testing scripts using scripting languages (Python)
  • Fluent in software fundamentals including software design and maintainability
  • Hands-on experience in hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization
  • Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States (visa sponsorship available)