At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.
Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) team! Utilizing Design Thinking and User Experience methods, you will work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We are seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. As a part of Ford's ADAS Team, the Driving Control Systems team delivers features such as Adaptive Cruise Control, BlueCruise, and more.
What you will be able to do
We bring engineering ideas to life. In ADAS, we make driving more exciting, enjoyable, and safe.
We are seeking professionals who can contribute to our efforts with experience and passion in the development of features, functions, sensors, ECUs, models, and software. IYou will:
Lead the development of feature engineering deliverables including Concept, Logical and Technology requirements, Boundary diagrams, design analysis, Failure Mode Avoidance, robustness fields and test procedures.
Collaborate with design and product teams to realize the desired Driving Control Feature experience
Work with Hardware, Software and Test teams to ensure Feature requirements are cascaded, aligned, and accepted.
Develop and refine vehicle level uses cases, interfaces and feature level specification to ensure production feature delivery.
Establish Feature objectives and ensure system operation to meet the end-user/customer objectives through a structured system level test methodology
Work with Functional Safety engineers to develop and refine feature functional safety requirements, item definition, hazard analysis/risk assessment and functional safety concept incompliance with ISO-26262/Ford Functional Safety process.
Ensure new features seamlessly integrate with existing features to provide a superb customer experience
Work with the virtual validation teams to establish CAE procedures to reduce dependence on vehicle-level testing.
Assure that the integration of affected systems meet the requirements for desired feature-level performance
Support development of Design validation methods to ensure feature robustness across all vehicle environmental conditions and customer usage profiles
Use data analysis techniques and methods from data generated by track, lab and model-based validation method to ensure feature achieves a desired set of requirements.
Plan and help execute real-world evaluation of ADAS features via vehicle/HIL/virtual testing and identify system problems/issues
Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal functions and external suppliers to ensure delivered system achieves feature requirements
Support Sign-off of feature level performance for first vehicle program implementation
Gather quality history to manage and drive feature quality and improvements (i.e. Data Analytics/VOCF/Launch Feedback/Warranty/External Metrics such as JD Powers).
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems, Computer Engineering or related degree
5+ years of experience developing in the ADAS domain using radars, cameras, LIDAR, ultrasonic sensors and/or other related vehicle systems (e.g. body, electrical, chassis, powertrain, etc.)
2+ years in system engineering including experience with the System V, Functional decomposition, design analysis, Concept, Logical and technology level requirements development, System integration and FMA analysis
2+ years leading cross functional communications such as "Feature Owner," leading ad-hoc, multi-disciplinary teams across hardware, software, functional safety, and testing to drive the ADAS feature from concept to production.
2+ years with communication skills and ability to lead ad-hoc teams
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems, Computer Engineering or related degree
Experience with SysML/MagicDraw
Experience with model based design (e.g. Matlab, Simulink, etc.)
Experience with Functional Safety (ISO26262) and Failure Mode Avoidance
5+ years of experience with system architecture, design, and documentation
5+ years of experience with GPDS and program deliverables
5+ years of experience with ADAS Perception, Sensing, or Driving Control systems
5+ years of experience with system architecture, design, and documentation
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.
This position is a salary grade 7 to 8 and ranges from $84,480-162,120.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.
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Requisition ID : 60355
