ADAS Systems Engineer for Perception

Join the Ford Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) team as a Systems Engineer for Perception. You will work on designing, defining requirements, and creating analysis methods for ADAS Perception Systems, which use vision, radar, ultrasonic, and other technologies to enable vehicles to sense the world.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage Perception System requirements
• Translate feature team needs into clear, testable, and traceable technical specifications
• Initiate and support requirement peer reviews with internal and external partners
• Partner with vendors and the hardware team to refine sensor packaging requirements
• Define and establish comprehensive performance metrics for the Perception System, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Work with internal and external partners to ensure verification methods are aligned to requirements
• Own Failure Mode Analysis actions for Perception, including authoring DFMEAs, Permanent Corrective Actions, and Systemic Prevent Recurrence
• Explore and propose system architecture modifications to decrease application sensitivity
• Perform root cause analysis on current generation systems to identify potential new requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience as a systems engineer decomposing and authoring functional and performance requirements in the automotive, aerospace, defense, or related industry
• Proficiency using Requirements Management tools such as DOORS, JAMA, or Polarion
• Solid familiarity with requirement formats (EARS/INCOSE) and ASPICE levels
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead ad-hoc teams
• Proactive mindset with a focus on delivery

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