Staff Body Controls System Engineer & Integration

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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.

In this position...
Body controls is the subsystem the customer physically touches every time they use the vehicle. As the industry shifts to software-defined vehicles every one of those interactions has become a cross-functional problem spanning electrical hardware software and network communication.

Were looking for an experienced electrical systems integration engineer with sufficient hardware depth to own body controls end to end closures seating lighting switches mirrors wipers and the motors sensors and actuators behind them. Youll own the intersection where hardware and software meet: translating physical component behavior into system requirements defining the interfaces that drive it and proving it works on real hardware. From concept through production you are responsible for the seamless operation and performance of these systems.

What youll do...

• Own end-to-end integration of body controls components from component hardware specification through bench bring-up vehicle validation and production launch
• Own component-level bring-up and debug on benches bucks labcars and vehicles defining the process running it hands-on and serving as final technical authority on cross-domain issues
• Lead vehicle manufacturing integration and end-of-line validation for body controls components
• Drive supplier software for networked body controls components: review deliveries against requirements drive defect triage and resolution with suppliers and gate release readiness
• Develop and maintain network databases and interface artifacts (DBC LDF ARXML) coordinating with software and systems engineering to satisfy all feature and functional requirements
• Own interface definition with electrical hardware and distribution teams creating boundary and block diagrams for body controls subsystems
• Define and execute integration and validation test plans covering both network behavior and discrete component behavior
• Support vehicle behavior decomposition into feature system and device requirements in JAMA and maintain traceability from requirement to validation result
• Mentor engineers across the organization on integration process hardware reasoning and requirements quality

Youll have...

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8 years in automotive systems integration or comparable electromechanical systems engineering
• Hands-on experience authoring and releasing network databases for CAN LIN Ethernet and managing their change control across ECUs and suppliers
• Experience with diagnostics and UDS-based service and configuration routines
• Component-level hardware fluency motor and inductive load behavior transient and fault current thermal derating protection circuitry analog vs. digital input conditioning
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals from requirements decomposition and traceability to interface definition and V&V planning
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes DMMs current probes power supplies and other electrical lab equipment
• First-principles debugging across electrical software and mechanical domains
• Strong knowledge of vehicle electrical architecture functional safety and diagnostics processes
• Ability to influence technical direction across teams and explain engineering rationale to suppliers and leadership

Even better you may have...

• Body controls domain experience through a production launch
• Experience with test automation or scripting (Python CAPL) to build integration test capabilities
• Experience with diagnostics and UDS-based service and configuration routines
• Motor control current sensing position/Hall sensing or anti-pinch algorithm experience
• Hardware or firmware design inside the component (microprocessor-based design drivers RTOS)
• DFMEA and HARA experience applying ISO 26262 to support homologation

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $150200-$283500.
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 available for this position.

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