Embedded Controls Engineer – Body Controls
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto • California • United States
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About the role
- Create control/estimation algorithms for various body control features like window control, closure system, and lighting.
- Lead the design and integration of various body controls hardware components on electrical test assets such as benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles.
- 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, including low power modes.
- Spearhead body controls feature development, working cross-functionally with hardware, software, architecture, and many other teams to author feature boundary diagrams and validation strategies.
- Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews through all vehicle program development phases
- Early phases of firmware development will focus on hardware validation, labcar testing, and setting up the automation framework for unit, SIL and HIL testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent experience.
- 1+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
- 1+ 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.)
- 1+ 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.
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
control algorithmsestimation algorithmsfunctional safetyfirmware testingvehicle network protocolsembedded networkingsystems developmenttest proceduresmotor calibrationOBD calibration
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingattention to detailorganizational skillsauthoring documentationreviewing designs