Senior Embedded Controls Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop control strategies and embedded algorithms for lateral and longitudinal vehicle motion functions.
• Integrate vehicle dynamic functions into a centralized vehicle motion control architecture and define system interfaces and requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, software integration groups, suppliers, and sourcing teams on component requirements and technical reviews.
• Participate in functional safety analyses and apply safety-critical development principles.
• Develop test strategies and validate firmware for robustness, stability, performance, and functionality across operating conditions.
• Support hardware validation, prototype bring-up, labcar testing, unit/SIL/HIL testing, and automation framework development.
• Create subsystem block diagrams, lead design reviews, and debug issues across software, hardware, networks, and vehicle integration environments.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional technical ability.
• At least 5 years of experience developing embedded control systems for chassis systems, vehicle control modules, vehicle motion control, or similar dynamic control functions.
• At least 5 years of experience with electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, systems development, vehicle network protocols, and embedded networking interface tools.
• At least 5 years of experience with C, Python, Git, Bazel, CANape, and RTOS.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, signal generators, and power supplies.
• Working knowledge of vehicle architecture, diagnostics, network communication, functional safety, and hardware/software integration processes.
• Experience creating and executing component-level test procedures and owning results through resolution and release.
• Preferred experience includes vehicle dynamic features, control theory, physics-based algorithms, SCons, CMake, PCB-level hardware, test automation, SIL/HIL, labcar, vehicle validation, and embedded system debugging.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent programs, subsidized backup childcare, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, and fertility benefits.
• Vehicle discount and management lease programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, paid community service time, paid holidays, and paid time off with the option to purchase additional vacation.
• Hybrid position; candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub may be required onsite four or more days per week.