# Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Vehicle Motion **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Palo Alto, CA **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: staff **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $150,200-$283,500 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/66330?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_555a708b-3ac ## Description The dynamics that a driver feels as lateral and longitudinal forces in a vehicle define the vehicle's DNA. Join us in developing our next-generation centralized vehicle motion control system, where we can further bridge the interaction between the driver and the vehicle in a natural and intuitive way. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Embedded Controls Software Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in embedded development for complex, distributed, safety-critical embedded systems and hands-on experience developing math- and physics-based control strategies. ## Responsibilities - Create and implement the control strategy for various vehicle motion attributes and functions, including lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics. - 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. ## Qualifications - Master's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent. - 6+ years of experience on embedded controls systems such as chassis systems, VCM, or similar dynamic functions. - 6+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development. - 6+ 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.). - 4+ 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. ## Skills ### Required - embedded development - safety-critical systems - math- and physics-based control strategies - Vehicle Network Protocols - electrical test equipment - systems development - vehicle architecture ### Nice to have - hill hold - stability controls - anti-lock braking - park assist - cruise or adaptive cruise control - software build tools - fundamental hardware components - scripting languages - software design and maintainability - hardware bring-up - system debugging - code optimization --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/66330?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)