ADAS Systems Engineer for Perception

Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world Join the Ford Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) team! Utilizing Design Thinking and User Experience methods you will work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We are seeking forward-thinking laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative exciting and sustainable ideas to life.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Systems Engineer to join our team and play a key role in designing defining requirements and creating analysis methods for our ADAS Perception Systems. These systems can leverage vision radar ultrasonic and other technologies to help enable our products to sense the this role you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the safety convenience and robustness of future Ford vehicles.

What youll do...

• Develop and manage Perception System requirements.
• Translate feature team needs into clear testable and traceable technical specifications.
• Initiate/support requirement peer reviews with both internal and external partners
• Partner with vendors and our hardware team to refine sensor packaging requirements.
• Define and establish comprehensive performance metrics for the Perception System including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that may include availability accuracy and false positive rates.
• Work with both internal & external partners to ensure verification methods are aligned to our requirements.
• Own Failure Mode Analysis actions for Perception including authoring DFMEAs Permanent Corrective Actions and Systemic Prevent Recurrence.
• Explore and propose system architecture modifications to decrease application sensitivity.
• Perform root cause analysis on current generation systems to identify potential new requirements.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Robotics or related field.
• 2 years of experience as a systems engineer decomposing & authoring both functional & performance requirements in the automotive aerospace defense or related industry.
• Proficiency using Requirements Management tools such as DOORS JAMA or Polarion.
• Solid familiarity of requirement formats (EARS/INCOSE) and ASPICE levels.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead ad-hoc teams.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on delivery.

Even better you may have...

• Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Robotics or related field.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis and experimental design.
• 5 years of experience as a systems engineer.
• 5 years of experience delivering production hardware/embedded software.
• 5 years of experience with ADAS perception systems (Radar Vision Ultrasonic etc.).
• Familiarity with Functional Safety (ISO26262) SOTIF and ASPICE standards.
• 1 year experience with systems modeling tools (SysML/MagicDraw/Cameo Systems Modeler).

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 range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $99600-$170000.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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