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 vehicle-computer thermal systems.
- Deliver high-quality C code in a real-time embedded environment.
- Write unit, software-in-the-loop, and hardware-in-the-loop test cases.
- Debug control algorithms with test and integration engineers at bench and vehicle level.
- Adapt or create reduced-order thermal-system models for control development and refinement.
- Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineers to execute control strategies.
- Develop fault-detection and reaction strategies.
- Compare control algorithms quantitatively across cost, efficiency, performance, and complexity metrics.
- Monitor fleet telemetry and analyze data to improve software quality and identify new software features.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent.
- 8+ years of experience developing control algorithms and applying them to physical systems.
- High proficiency in Python.
- Strong background in control theory, system dynamics, and model-based design.
- Experience with hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
- Knowledge of electrical-engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis and design.
- Familiarity with linear systems, state estimation, and observers is a plus.
- Familiarity with thermal-control algorithms and implementing them on embedded systems.
- Experience with refrigeration and HVAC systems, including compressors, heat exchangers, valves, sensors, charge, and oil management.
- Experience with automotive communication protocols and stacks such as CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and UDS.
- Knowledge of microcontroller peripherals such as ADC, GPIO, PWM, and SPI, plus sensor and digital-signal-processing experience.
- Experience using data-management tools and fleet data to guide design.
- Proficiency in C and C++ and scripting in Python, Perl, Shell, or another common language.
- Experience developing thermal-system control algorithms using Python, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar modeling tools.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or a similar system for tracking inputs and results.
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.
- Employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Paid time off with the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement 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.