Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Thermal
Ford Motor2 days ago
Base Salary
$150k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Create control and estimation algorithms for climate control, battery, powertrain, heat pump, refrigeration, and other thermal management systems.
- Develop high-quality C code in real-time embedded environments.
- Write unit, software-in-the-loop, and hardware-in-the-loop test cases and debug algorithms at the bench and vehicle level.
- Create and improve reduced-order thermal models and quantitatively compare control algorithms across cost, efficiency, performance, and complexity metrics.
- Develop fault detection and reaction strategies and collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, test, and integration engineers.
- Monitor fleet telemetry and use data analysis to improve software quality and identify new software features.
Requirements
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science, or equivalent.
- 8+ years of experience developing control algorithms and applying them to physical systems.
- High proficiency with Python and a strong foundation in control theory, system dynamics, and model-based design.
- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and design.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or a similar tracking system.
- Preferred experience includes thermal control algorithms, refrigeration and HVAC systems, automotive communication protocols, microcontroller peripherals, sensors, digital signal processing, fleet data, C/C++, scripting, and Python or MATLAB/Simulink modeling tools.
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 programs for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance, employee resource groups, paid community-service time off, paid holidays, and paid time off with an option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid position requiring onsite work 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.