Embedded Controls Engineer responsible for developing vehicle motion control systems at Ford. Leading teams in embedded development and ensuring effective vehicle dynamics performance.
Responsibilities
Create and implement the control strategy for various vehicle motion attributes and functions, including lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics.
Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the vehicle motion development team, encouraging experimentation, learning, and knowledge sharing.
Work with suppliers to define functions and interfaces into 3rd party components, driving further consolidation and integration of vehicle functions into our centralized vehicle motion control system.
Collaborate with software integration teams to bring up core functions and broadcast software level requirements to electrical hardware and systems teams.
Understand functional safety principles and participate in functional safety analyses of complex vehicle subsystems.
Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions.
Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews through all vehicle program development phases
Collaborate with other system integration leads to capture component level requirements, provide subject matter expertise in sourcing discussions, and collect and approve Device Transmittals.
Early phases of firmware development will focus on hardware validation, labcar testing, and setting up the automation framework for unit, SIL and HIL testing.
Requirements
Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent.
15+ years of experience on embedded controls systems such as chassis systems, VCM, or similar dynamic functions.
15+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
15+ years of experience with Vehicle Network Protocols such as CAN, LIN & Automotive Ethernet
Strong EE fundamentals and hands-on experience with electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, power supplies, etc.)
15+ years of experience using embedded networking interface tools for automotive, aerospace, or similar field.
Experience and working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, battery technologies, software/hardware tool development, motor calibration technologies, OBD calibration, functional safety, network, and diagnostics process.
Experience with creating and executing component-level test procedures and owning all test results.
Benefits
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 Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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