# Senior Embedded Controls Engineer, Vehicle Motion **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Palo Alto, CA **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $138,800-$232,700 **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/71990?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_6a4ec93e-522 ## Description The way a vehicle moves , how it responds to driver intent, how it manages lateral and longitudinal forces, and how naturally it connects the driver to the road , defines its character. It is the DNA of the vehicle. Ford Motor Company is building the next generation of centralized vehicle motion control systems: advanced embedded control software that unifies vehicle dynamics, improves integration across systems, and creates a more intuitive, confident, and engaging driving experience. We are looking for a highly skilled Embedded Controls Software Engineer to help define, develop, and deliver these next-generation control systems. This role is ideal for an engineer with deep experience in embedded controls, safety-critical systems, vehicle dynamics, and hands-on development of math- and physics-based control strategies. You will work at the intersection of embedded software, electrical systems, vehicle dynamics, functional safety, and systems integration , helping shape how future vehicles feel, respond, and perform. ## Responsibilities - Develop and implement control strategies for advanced vehicle motion functions, including lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics. - Design and mature embedded control algorithms that translate driver intent into natural, precise, and predictable vehicle behavior. - Support the development of a centralized vehicle motion control architecture by consolidating and integrating vehicle dynamic functions across multiple domains. - Collaborate with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to define functions, interfaces, and requirements for third-party components. - Partner with software integration teams to bring up core functions and translate software-level needs into electrical hardware and system requirements. - Participate in functional safety analyses for complex vehicle subsystems and apply safety-critical development principles throughout the design lifecycle. - Develop comprehensive test strategies and execute validation activities to verify firmware functionality, robustness, stability, and performance across operating conditions. - Create subsystem block diagrams, define interfaces, and lead subsystem design reviews across all vehicle program development phases. - Work with system integration leads to capture component-level requirements, provide technical expertise during sourcing discussions, and review and approve device transmittals. - Support early-phase firmware development activities, including hardware validation, labcar testing, prototype bring-up, and automation framework development for unit, SIL, and HIL testing. - Debug complex system issues across software, hardware, networks, and vehicle-level integration environments. ## Qualifications - Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional technical ability. - 5+ years of experience developing embedded control systems for chassis systems, vehicle control modules, vehicle motion control, or similar dynamic control functions. - 5+ years of experience with electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development. - 5+ years of experience with vehicle network protocols such as CAN, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet. - 5+ years of experience with C, Python, Git, Bazel, CANape, and RTOS. - Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience using electrical test equipment, including oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, signal generators, and power supplies. - 5+ years of experience using embedded networking interface tools in automotive, aerospace, or a similarly complex embedded systems environment. - Working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, diagnostics, network communication, functional safety, and hardware/software integration processes. - Experience creating and executing component-level test procedures and owning test results through resolution and release. ## 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 - C - Python - Git - Bazel - CANape - RTOS - CAN - LIN - Automotive Ethernet ### Nice to have - vehicle dynamics - control theory - physics-based algorithm development - SIL - HIL - labcar - vehicle validation environments --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/71990?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)