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 customer-obsessed entrepreneurial and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading 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...

• Lead the development modification and optimization of complex embedded C code for real-time control systems ensuring adherence to coding standards and security best practices through in-depth code reviews.
• Drive the architectural design and evolution of embedded software for vehicle thermal management contributing to the long-term technical roadmap.
• Oversee and actively participate in all phases of microcontroller hardware bring-up from scratch including firmware deployment low-level driver development and advanced debugging of intricate hardware-software interaction issues (e.g. interrupt behavior timing peripheral configuration across GPIO SPI I2C UART CAN and Ethernet).
• Apply expert-level debugging techniques using hardware debuggers (JTAG/SWD) oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for in-depth analysis and root cause resolution of challenging system-level issues.
• Design develop and implement highly optimized and advanced control algorithms for complex vehicle thermal management systems (HVAC battery powertrain) directly in Embedded C leveraging a deep understanding of control theory system dynamics and heat transfer principles.
• Be actively involved in calibrating thermal management algorithms on test vehicles and dynamometers.
• Drive continuous improvement of embedded software development processes build systems CI/CD pipelines and automated test frameworks.
• Collaborate extensively with hardware engineers system architects and other cross-functional teams to define requirements and resolve integration challenges.

Youll have...

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of progressive experience in developing and implementing real-time embedded control algorithms for physical systems with a significant focus on
• thermal management.
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal direction take initiative and independently drive complex projects from concept to completion.
• Expert-level proficiency in Embedded C programming and development for microcontroller-based systems including deep understanding of memory constraints performance optimization and robust error handling.
• High proficiency in Python programming for scripting automation data analysis and developing tooling for embedded systems.
• Strong foundational and applied background in classical and modern control theory system dynamics and heat transfer principles for complex real-world problems.
• Highly collaborative with exceptional communication skills capable of influencing technical direction and mentoring peers.
• Extensive experience with project and issue tracking systems like JIRA/Confluence.
• Extensive hands-on experience in microcontroller hardware bring-up from scratch low-level system debugging and code optimization.
• Expertise in memory management techniques interrupt handling and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) in embedded environments.
• Solid knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design.
  

Even better you may have...

• A strong understanding of linear systems advanced state-estimation techniques and observers.
• Proven experience architecting designing and implementing complex thermal control algorithms (e.g. for HVAC battery powertrain) directly in Embedded C on embedded systems.
• Deep familiarity with refrigeration and HVAC systems.
• Prior experience with vehicle-level calibration integration and testing of embedded control systems.
• Experience with automotive communication protocols and stacks (e.g. CAN LIN Ethernet UDS) and embedded cybersecurity.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of microcontroller peripherals (ADC GPIO PWM SPI) advanced sensor integration and digital signal processing.
• Experience with large-scale data management tools and leveraging fleet data for algorithm design and optimization.
• Experience developing control algorithms for thermal systems using modeling tools (e.g. Python or similar) for simulation and analysis.

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 ramp-up programs subsidized back-up 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 general salary grade.
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