Senior Controls Engineering

At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's 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. You'll 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. Lead the design and integration of various body controls hardware components on electrical test assets such as benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles. • 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, including low power modes. • Spearhead body controls feature development, working cross-functionally with hardware, software, architecture, and many other teams to author feature boundary diagrams and validation strategies. • Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews through all vehicle program development phases • Early phases of firmware development will focus on hardware validation, labcar testing, and setting up the automation framework for unit, SIL and HIL testing. Master's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent • 10+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development. • 10+ 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.) • 10+ 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 software build tools like Bazel, Scons, Cmake etc. • Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools. • Ability to write testing scripts for using scripting languages (Python) • Fluent in software fundamentals including software design and maintainability. • Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design 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 • 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 • Visa sponsorship is available for this position. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #