Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. 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.
Responsibilities
You'll create and implement the control strategy for various vehicle motion attributes and functions, including lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics. You'll 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.
Qualifications
You'll have a Master's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent. You'll have 4+ years of experience on embedded controls systems such as chassis systems, VCM, or similar dynamic functions.
You'll also have 4+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development. Strong EE fundamentals and hands-on experience with electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, power supplies, etc.) are required.
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.