Hybrid Controls Software Engineer

at Ford Motor Company

• Job title: Controls Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $84,053 - $190,500 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dearborn, United States

About the role

• Controls Software Engineer developing automotive control systems software for Ford. Engaging in requirements gathering, design validation, and project management within a multi-functional team in Dearborn, MI.

Responsibilities

• Develop and gather requirements for customer-interfacing features and technologies by working with a multi-functional team.
• Translate requirements into control system designs to achieve program targets.
• Design and validate control algorithms to meet functional, regulatory, safety requirements, and functional safety requirements (ISO 26262).
• Develop and apply vehicle control system software validation test methods, tools, and processes to ensure system functionality and robustness.
• Develop system plant models and HIL/SIL/MIL validation infrastructure to support vehicle program plans and quality objectives.
• Troubleshoot vehicle system functional and diagnostic issues; resolve and validate corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Lead control system project planning and program management to meet functional, quality, and timing objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:
• 1. Develop software using C or MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow for an electronic control module that directly controls sensors and actuators in an automobile.
• 2. Develop and design software for automotive applications in MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow, autocode into C, and deploy to embedded targets on an automobile.
• 3. Embed software design using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow to generate software.
• 4. Produce software for an embedded controller by writing, compiling, calibrating, testing, and deploying software onto the controller, developing a set of tools and processes to produce a working project on a target module.
• 5. Development of a software toolchain for embedded development.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.