Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Thermal

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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.

What youll do...
Create control/estimation algorithms to support a broad thermal management scope: climate control battery powertrain heat pump/refrigeration system car computers and more.
Deliver highquality C code in a realtime embedded environment.
Write unit SIL and HIL test cases to ensure properfunctionality.
Work closely with test and integration engineers to debug your control algorithms at the bench and vehicle level.
Adapt or create reducedorder thermal systems models to suit controlfocused development/refinement workflows.
Collaborate with electrical mechanical and firmware engineers to execute control strategies.
Develop fault detections and reaction strategies for seamless customer experience.
Develop and continuously improve models to compare alternative control algorithms quantitatively across many key metrics (cost efficiency performance complexity etc.)
Monitor fleet telemetry and use data analysis to close the loop on software quality and help ideate new software features.

Youll have...
Masters degree in electrical engineering Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science with evidence of exceptional ability or equivalent
3 years of experience in developing control algorithms and applying them to physical systems.
High proficiency in programming experience using Python
Strong foundational background in control theory system dynamics and modelbased design.
Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
Experience with JIRA/Confluence or a similar system for tracking inputs/results.
Handson experience in hardware bringup system debugging and codeoptimization.
Knowledge ofelectrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design

Even better you may have...
A strong understanding of linear systems stateestimation/observers is a plus.
Familiarity with thermal control algorithms and experience implementing it on an embedded system.
Familiarity with refrigeration systems (compressors heat exchangers valves sensors
charge and oil management) and HVAC systems.
Experience with automotive communication protocols and stacks (CAN LIN ethernet UDS etc.)
Knowledge of microcontroller peripherals such as ADC GPIO PWM and SPI and experience in sensors and digital signal processing
Experience with data management tools / using fleet data to guide design.
Proficiency in C and C and scripting skills in at least one common language (Python Perl Shell)
Experience developing control algorithms for thermal systems using modeling tools of
various scales (Python MATLAB/Simulink or similar)

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 leadership level 6.
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