# Technical Specialist - Steering Mechatronics

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $132,800-$250,800
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

The Technical Expert – Steering Mechatronics is responsible for technical design leadership, validation and vehicle integration of safety-critical electro-mechanical steering systems into Ford Motor Company vehicles.

## Responsibilities

- Develop robust System and Mechatronics requirements and designs for Electric Power Steering systems, including the human vehicle steering control interface, in collaboration with other Steering Technical Experts/Leaders and SMEs.

- Co-Lead technical design, development, and validation of Electric Power Steering systems from development through production design release, focusing on the Mechatronic system design and Test Methods.

- Champion Mechatronic/EE Quality issue root cause investigations with warranty, application, and other TE/SMEs. Lead Technical support for critical issue resolution for Steering Mechatronics Issues, including Quality/Field issues launch and recalls.

- Lead System and Sub-system Failure Mode and Safety analysis (DFMEA, Functional Safety) to ensure robust requirements, fault management strategies, design analysis, and validation across all disciplines (Electrical, Hardware, Software, Controls).

- Provide expert analysis by leading Technical Design Reviews for supplier designs of Electric Power Steering System, including analyzing the design compliance and validation to Ford requirements.

- Define and manage Core deliverables for Steering Mechatronics, including Requirements, Test Methods/Validation Plans, Design Rules, SCCAF, DFMEA, and Manufacturing requirements.

- Champion proper execution of Functional Safety (ISO-26262) deliverables at Ford & Supply base to ensure a safe system design and validation.

- Actively execute the Prevent Recurrence process by developing new Requirements/Validation Methods to systematically prevent issues from re-occurring.

- Develop HIL Test Methods and test cases.

- Leverage AI to improve and accelerate Mechatronics workstreams.

- Support MBSE requirement modeling and derivation to ensure comprehensive robustness of customer needs and regulations.

- Ensure appropriate validation of requirements, which include vehicle, system, sub-system, mechanical, electrical, EMC, including validation of interfaces with interfacing systems.

- Guide & oversee training, mentoring & provide consulting to department engineers, supervisors & other interfacing functions.

- Conduct Vehicle Level Testing, data acquisition, as needed to develop requirements or troubleshoot issues.

## Qualifications

- BS Engineering- Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineering or strongly related.

- 10 years of safety-critical Automotive design experience or related Industry experience.

- 8 years of steering mechatronics/EE/System experience.

## Benefits

- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
- Electric Power Steering systems
- Mechatronics
- Functional Safety
- DFMEA
- System Engineering
- ISO-26262

### Nice to have
- Steering technology
- Supplier management
- Systems Engineering
- Failure Mode Avoidance
- CAN Networks
- ECU Calibration

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