Embedded Controls Engineer, Body Controls
Ford Motor1 day ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Specify, design, and implement body-controls firmware architecture from prototype bring-up through high-volume production.
- Develop control and estimation algorithms for window, closure, lighting, and other vehicle body-control features.
- Lead hardware integration and validation on electrical test benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles.
- Collaborate with software integration, electrical hardware, systems, architecture, and UI/UX teams to deliver vehicle features.
- Perform low-level debugging, hardware bring-up, code optimization, and validation across timing, memory, stability, performance, and low-power requirements.
- Participate in functional safety analyses and author feature boundary diagrams, subsystem block diagrams, validation strategies, and subsystem reviews.
- Create and execute component-level test procedures and establish automation for unit, SIL, and HIL testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional ability.
- At least 3 years of experience writing production-grade C for real-time embedded systems and applying coding standards such as MISRA C.
- Hands-on experience with RTOS platforms including FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, OSEK, or AUTOSAR, as well as bare-metal embedded software.
- At least 3 years of experience with electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
- At least 3 years of experience with CAN, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet vehicle network protocols.
- At least 3 years of experience using embedded networking interface tools in automotive, aerospace, or similar fields.
- Strong low-level debugging, hardware bring-up, timing and memory optimization, low-power, electrical test equipment, vehicle architecture, diagnostics, and functional safety experience.
- Experience with driver development, RTOS integration, build tools, PCB analysis, Python testing scripts, motor calibration, OBD calibration, and hardware/system debugging is preferred.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, family-building benefits, fertility treatment support, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, management leases, and tuition assistance.
- Employee resource groups, paid community-service time, paid holidays, paid time off, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
- This is a hybrid position; candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub may be required onsite four or more days per week.
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.