Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Vehicle Motion
Ford Motor3 days ago
Base Salary
$150k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Create and implement control strategies for lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics and other vehicle motion functions.
- Define functions and interfaces with suppliers and integrate third-party components into a centralized vehicle motion control system.
- Collaborate with software integration, electrical hardware, and systems teams to bring up core functions and communicate software-level requirements.
- Participate in functional safety analyses for complex vehicle subsystems.
- Develop test plans and validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance.
- Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews across vehicle program development phases.
- Capture component-level requirements, support sourcing discussions, and collect and approve Device Transmittals.
- Perform hardware validation and lab-car testing and establish automation for unit, SIL, and HIL testing.
- Create and execute component-level test procedures and own test results.
Requirements
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent.
- At least 6 years of experience with embedded control systems such as chassis systems, vehicle control modules, or similar dynamic functions.
- At least 6 years of experience with electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
- At least 6 years of experience with vehicle network protocols including CAN, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet.
- At least 6 years of experience with C, Python, Git, Bazel, CANape, and RTOS.
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, power supplies, and similar electrical test equipment.
- At least 4 years of experience using embedded networking interface tools in automotive, aerospace, or a similar field.
- Working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, battery technologies, software and hardware tool development, motor calibration, OBD calibration, functional safety, networking, and diagnostics processes.
- Experience developing vehicle dynamics features such as hill hold, stability controls, anti-lock braking, park assist, cruise control, or adaptive cruise control is preferred.
- Experience with software build tools such as Bazel, Scons, and CMake is preferred.
- Experience with PCB hardware components and analysis tools is preferred.
- Ability to write testing scripts in Python or other scripting languages is preferred.
- Fluency in software design and maintainability fundamentals is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization is preferred.
- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design is preferred.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, plus paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement; candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub may be required onsite four or more days per week.
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.