# Thermal System Firmware Integration Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Long Beach, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $118,700-$232,700
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is seeking an experienced Integration Engineer to contribute to the development of next-generation Thermal Systems. As the automotive industry shifts to highly integrated software-defined vehicles, the Thermal System has become a critical cross-functional system – managing everything from cabin comfort to the precise thermal regulation of power electronics and high-voltage batteries.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between hardware and software, owning the domain and driving the integration of complex mechatronic devices. You will architect robust fault-handling logic and lead hands-on debugging in the lab and on the track.

## Responsibilities

- Serve as a technical anchor for the Thermal Subsystem (HVAC & Powertrain Thermal), bridging mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines.

- Define and drive the development roadmap for application logic, component controls, and diagnostics.

- Orchestrate the development workflow (Sprint planning, JIRA), ensuring technical risks are identified and eliminated early.

- Lead the selection and integration of new hardware, authoring precise interface requirements for suppliers and internal controls teams.

- Collaborate with control algorithm engineers to optimize system performance and efficiency.

- Negotiate interfaces and behaviors with cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless customer experience.

- Design and execute comprehensive pre-merge verification plans to ensure software robustness.

- Conduct hands-on validation using bench setups and vehicle assets, utilizing advanced debugging tools to root-cause complex integration issues.

- Review code (C/C++) and sign off on software releases, maintaining a high standard for code quality and system safety.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

- 3+ years of experience in embedded systems, firmware integration, or systems engineering.

- Strong understanding of mechatronic fundamentals (sensors, actuators, motors) and how they interact with embedded software.

- Proven debugging and diagnostic skills in electrical, mechanical, and software domains.

- Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded targets.

- Experience with automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet).

## 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 systems
- firmware integration
- systems engineering
- mechatronic fundamentals
- C/C++
- automotive communication protocols

### Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a relevant engineering field
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
- vector tools
- scripting experience
- functional safety standards
- thermal dynamics
- fluid mechanics
- HVAC principles

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