# Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Thermal

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Long Beach, 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

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## Description

Thermal systems play a crucial role in delivering exceptional customer experiences, encompassing aspects such as comfort, powertrain capability, and battery fast charging. As a Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Thermal, you will bridge the gap between theoretical models and real-world applications by developing a top-notch controls framework.

Responsibilities:

- Design and implement control and estimation algorithms for various thermal management systems, including climate control, battery, powertrain, and heat pump systems.

- Develop high-quality C code for real-time embedded environments.

- Create and execute unit, SIL, and HIL test cases to ensure algorithm functionality.

- Collaborate with test and integration engineers to debug control algorithms.

- Adapt or develop reduced-order thermal systems models for control-focused development.

- Work with electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineers to execute control strategies.

- Develop fault detection and reaction strategies for a seamless customer experience.

- Continuously improve models to compare control algorithms quantitatively.

- Analyze fleet telemetry data to enhance software quality and inform new feature development.

Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent.

- At least 8 years of experience in developing control algorithms and applying them to physical systems.

- High proficiency in Python programming.

- Strong foundation in control theory, system dynamics, and model-based design.

- Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills.

- Experience with JIRA/Confluence or similar systems.

- Hands-on experience in hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.

- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and design.

Preferred qualifications:

- Understanding of linear systems and state-estimation/observers.

- Familiarity with thermal control algorithms and embedded systems.

- Experience with refrigeration and HVAC systems.

- Knowledge of automotive communication protocols and stacks.

- Familiarity with microcontroller peripherals and digital signal processing.

- Experience with data management tools and fleet data analysis.

- Proficiency in C and C++ programming.

Benefits:

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, and new parent ramp-up programs.

- Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.

- Tuition assistance.

- Active employee resource groups.

- Paid time off for community service.

- Generous paid holiday schedule.

Salary: $150,200 - $283,500 per year

## Skills

### Required
- control theory
- system dynamics
- model-based design
- Python programming
- C programming
- electrical engineering
- mechanical engineering
- computer science

### Nice to have
- linear systems
- state-estimation/observers
- thermal control algorithms
- embedded systems
- refrigeration systems
- HVAC systems
- automotive communication protocols
- microcontroller peripherals
- digital signal processing
- data management tools
- fleet data analysis
- C++ programming

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