Senior Embedded Controls Engineer Body Controls

Fords Electric Vehicles Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the companys vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customerobsessed entrepreneurial and datadriven and is dedicated to delivering industryleading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. Youll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively staying focused on only what matters and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

Body systems span a diverse range of critical customerfacing attributes hardware and software. The team is responsible for controls of seats tailgate windows latches wipers mirrors various sensing systems interior and exterior lighting and control of other small motors in the vehicle.
domains. We work very closely with the interiors team exteriors teams low voltage electrical architects and UI/UX team to deliver the best endtoend user experience.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Embedded Controls Software Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in embedded development supporting complex distributed safety critical embedded systems. Has handson experience developing drivers and controlling actuators for lowvoltage motors and lighting control.

What youll do...

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 crossfunctionally 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.

Youll have...

Masters degree in electrical engineering Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science with evidence of exceptional ability or equivalent
3 years of experience on electrical hardware applications prototype bringup and systems development.
3 years of experience with Vehicle Network Protocols such as CAN LIN & Automotive Ethernet
Strong EE fundamentals and handson experience with electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes DMMs signal generators power supplies etc.
3 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 componentlevel test procedures and owning all test results.

Even better you may have...

Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
Experience in driver development and RTOS integration.
Experience with software build tools like Bazel Scons Cmake etc.
Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools.
Ability to write testing scripts for using scripting languages (Python)
Fluent in software fundamentals including software design and maintainability.
Handson experience in hardware bringup system debugging and codeoptimization.
Knowledge ofelectrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design


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 8.
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