# Engine Controls Software Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $85,400-$143,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, a leading American automaker, you will contribute to transforming the future of transportation. As a member of the Air Path / Turbo Controls software team, you will collaborate across departments to develop robust, production-ready solutions for current and next-generation boosted engine programs.

## Responsibilities

As an Engine Controls Software Engineer, your primary responsibilities will include:

- Designing and implementing air charge temperature estimation algorithms, turbocharger speed and boost pressure control strategies, wastegate and bypass valve actuation logic, and compressor surge/over-speed protection within the PCM software

- Developing and validating control algorithms using C-code to meet functional, emissions, performance, and functional safety requirements (ISO 26262)

- Applying powertrain control system software validation test methods, including unit testing (Unity/Ceedling), SIL, MIL, and HIL, to ensure system functionality and robustness

- Developing and maintaining plant models for turbocharger dynamics, intake manifold thermodynamics, and charge air cooler systems to support simulation and validation objectives

- Troubleshooting vehicle and powertrain air-path functional and diagnostic issues; determining and validating corrective actions through data analysis, vehicle testing, and simulation

- Maintaining software description documentation, calibration guides, release notes, and requirements traceability for air-path software components

- Leading control system project planning and program management to meet functional, quality, and timing objectives across multiple vehicle programs

## Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related field; or a foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education

- 2+ years of experience in C software development in automotive powertrain systems

Preferred qualifications include:

- An M.S. degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field

- Experience with turbocharger or supercharger boost control systems, wastegate control, or air charge management

- Knowledge of intake manifold dynamics, charge air cooler modeling, or compressor/turbine map-based controls

- Familiarity with OBD-II diagnostic monitoring for boost system components and air charge temperature sensors

- Awareness of ISO 26262 Part 6, MISRA-C coding standards

- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Jama, Unity/Ceedling, GitHub, and/or ClearCase

- Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

- 5+ years of experience with embedded control software and design experience

## Benefits

Ford Motor Company offers a range of benefits, including:

- 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

The salary range for this position is:

- Salary grade 6: $85,400-$143,200

- Salary grade 7: $99,600-$166,600

- Salary grade 8: $115,000-$192,900

## Skills

### Required
- C programming
- automotive powertrain systems
- software development
- control algorithms
- validation testing

### Nice to have
- turbocharger boost control systems
- wastegate control
- air charge management
- intake manifold dynamics
- charge air cooler modeling
- OBD-II diagnostic monitoring
- ISO 26262 Part 6
- MISRA-C coding standards
- Jira
- Jama
- Unity/Ceedling
- GitHub
- ClearCase
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

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