Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
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.
Responsibilities
Create control/estimation algorithms for various body control features like window control, closure system, and lighting.
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.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
7+ 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.)
7+ 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.
Even better, you may have...
Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
Experience in driver development and RTOS integration.
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.
Hands-on experience in hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design