Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is looking to solve the problem of delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future by developing and implementing control strategies for vehicle motion attributes and functions.
Requirements
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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 further consolidation and integration of vehicle functions into our 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.
Other
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent.
- Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
- Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.
