Vehicle Chassis System Calibration Engineer
Vehicle Chassis System Calibration Engineer
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Job Description
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. We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford were all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves
Responsibilities
What youll do...
This position will work within the Electrified Drivetrain (eDrivetrain) and Chassis research & advanced team at Fords Global Research Center in Dearborn Michigan. The role will have an opportunity to interact with subject matter experts throughout the company.
Responsibilities will also include:
- Decompose vehicle attributes to system performance
- Design develop and calibrate vehicle control algorithm
- Cascade system metrics to component requirements
- Organize document and share learnings and discoveries
- Connect convey and update findings & progress to relevant stakeholders
- Research and development of chassis mechatronic systems including modeling supplier interaction and prototype testing for steering braking suspension etc.
- Translate customer and corporate needs and requirements to system component and software requirements and specifications
- Use CAE (SIL DIL HIL RCP ) for design and testing of new steering and braking functions plus features for future chassis mechatronic actuators (steering suspension & brakes)
- Test vehicle mechanical and electrical maintenance and modification.
- Definition of controls software performance targets and validation plans.
- Documentation and presentation of project results including preparation of recommendations and decisions to be taken by the management team identification and proposal of new research areas and projects in R&A Chassis addressing market trends software/controls methods developments sensor developments and information gathered at congresses seminars and technical publications
- Communication with suppliers to identify new chassis technologies
- Vehicle attribute & performance assessment to assess functional performance of controls algorithms
Qualifications
Basic Qualification:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering: Electrical Controls Mechanical or related degree or foreign equivalency degree or a combination of equivalent experience and education
- Three or more years of experience in Chassis / Chassis Controls Engineering with focus on controls programming
- Novice or better expertise in controls software development in MATLAB Simulink dSpace or equivalent.
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Ability to multitask on multiple projects and work with a global team in different countries and time zones.
- Strong problemsolving interpersonal and conflict management skills
- Experience at developing an advanced technology project and getting it into serial production
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master of Science in Electrical Controls Mechanical or other Engineering or related degree or foreign equivalency degree or a combination of equivalent experience and education
- Five or more years of experience in Chassis Engineering & Advanced Technology development
- Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for algorithm development.
- Experienced with dSpace Vector and BTC software products.
- Experience with Matlab/Simulink/dSPACE
- One or more years of experience in vehicle tuning on control system algorithms
- Prefer Vehicle network (CAN and CANalyzer/CANape) experience
- Experience with vehicle simulation software (ADAMS/CarSim)
- System Engineering FMEA Robustness Reliability experience
- Experience with Ford GPDS and GTDS processes
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 childcare 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 6.
For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary grades 68.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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Employment Type
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