Chassis Controls System Engineer

Job Description

Chassis Controls System Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You'll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.

Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...
Responsible for development and refinement of system-level requirements, quality documents and validation test cases for Chassis Controls, delivering software for brakes, steering and suspension

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

• Develop chassis control work products to coordinate actions and functions between modules and subsystems to meet vehicle level and Feature attributes.
• Develop and refine feature and system requirements to meet customer, regulatory and functional safety needs.
• Drive decomposition of system level requirements to technology requirements across Ford's vehicle domains, including Motion Control, Propulsion, and In-Vehicle Infotainment.
• 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.
• Employ Model Based System Engineering to evaluate chassis control systems and integrate with interfacing vehicle systems.
• Develop and refine quality documents to ensure robust implementation of requirements (Boundary Diagram, FMEA, P-Diagram, Interface Matrix).
• Employ Model Based System Engineering to create and evaluate chassis control system boundary diagrams and FMEAs.
• Develop design validation methods to ensure feature robustness across all vehicle environmental conditions and customer usage.
• Develop and refine test cases to validate concept, logical and technology level requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in test coverage and test techniques to proactively find and resolve technical issues early in the product development cycle, including simulation and vehicle prototypes.
• Work with the Hardware in the Loop (HIL) and virtual validation teams to establish procedures to reduce dependence on vehicle-level testing.
• Help execute real-world evaluation 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

Qualifications

You'll have...

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• 4+ years of experience in system engineering including experience with System V, Functional decomposition, design analysis, Concept, Logical and technology level requirements development, System integration and FMA analysis.
  
  Even better, you may have...
• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience in chassis systems; steering, brakes, suspension.
• Experience with SysML / Magic Draw.
• Troubleshooting experience with electromechanical systems.
• Experience with Functional Safety (ISO
  26262) and Failure Mode Avoidance.
• Feature Systems Process knowledge.
• Verification proficiency (e.g. design verification methods, data acquisition/analysis, hardware-in-the-loop, etc.).
• Excellent communication, teamwork, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Ability to work well independently and take initiative.
  
  You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you…