Research Engineer Sensor Technologies
Research Engineer Sensor Technologies
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The Sensing Technologies and Algorithms team is multidimensional team of experts tasked with conducting applied research in the domains of interior and exterior sensing systems technologies capabilities architectures and features. This role requires taking the lead in exploring new sensor hardware performing data analysis developing sensing algorithms proposing test plans evaluating sensor performance delivering proofofconcept demonstrations and implementation readiness process.
Responsibilities
What youll do
The ideal candidate will have expertise in the fundamentals of one or more sensing technologies as well as experience developing algorithms with datadriven evaluation techniques. The candidate will have a proven track record of developing and progressing a structured research portfolio to take sensing technologies from ideas to proven concepts and application readiness.
- Grow and maintain expertise in stateoftheartcamera radar or UWB hardware advancements.
- Identify opportunities for innovating automotive sensing suites to improve quality and reduce costs.
- Develop sensing solutions for interior sensing features such as Child Presence Detection Driver State Monitoring and Cabin Monitoring as well as exterior sensing features such as Proximity Detection 360 surround view and automated driving.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams including strategy and planning application/product engineers and others in defining data needs validation of solutions against realworld application benchmarks quality and robustness checks and continuous improvement.
- Through selflearning and deep research identify novel sensing solutions that can apply to new problem statements with atypical feature constraints.
- Publish internally and externally to engage in knowledge dissemination through teaching mentoring and seminars as well as through any Ford learning and development programs.
- Develop a research portfolio for progressing external research with leading universities.
Qualifications
You will have
- Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or Robotics
- 3 years of demonstrated handson experience in developing and implementing camera radar or Ultrawideband (UWB) hardware
- 1 years of handson experience in developing signal processing data analysis or computer vision solutions.
- 1 years of product development and system integration.
Even better you may have
- PhD degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or Robotics
- Experience with designing and testing internal sensor hardware components such as camera components or UWB antennas.
- Experience with pairing sensors with embedded or lowpower compute hardware such as SOCs or FPGAs
- Experience in AI/ML techniques for object detection and tracking scene understating multimodal perception and sensor fusion.
- Excellent problemsolving skills innovative thinking and ability to identify propose and lead new research projects that have a clear near or far value add.
- Passionate about staying abreast of largescale challenges and disruptive changes in sensing technologies and their real time realizations for quickly establishing applicability to Ford engineering problems to create/contribute to the Fords strategic and leadership vision.
You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:
Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent rampup programs subsidized backup 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a salary grade 78.
For more information on salary and benefits click here: https://fordcareers/GSRHTHD
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