Vehicle Controls Engineering Process Tools Engineer

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Position Duties:
In this role you will be assisting with the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and support of software changes to Client in-house developed control systems tools in automotive software Calibration Data management under the direction of the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist.

Responsibilities include:

• Design, develop, code, and test planned changes to software tools along-side with the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist

• Follow section change control process to bring approved changes to resolution

• Provide user support across the globe via phone, email, Webex, Instant Messaging, and 1/1 user interactions

• Provide user account creation, maintenance, and access controls

• Participate in the development and delivery of training material to global Ford community

• Document changes in the appropriate user manuals and other media

• Participate in User Forum meetings.

Position

Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in C programming language with in-depth hands-on experience preferably in support of an embedded control systems environment

• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.

• Working knowledge of C programming concepts, including:
  
* Data structures
  
* Pointers
  
* Bit manipulation techniques
  
* File handling (read/write operations)
  
* Hash tables
  
* Recursion

• Experience in developing applications in Unix/Linux environments.

• Good knowledge of Unix/Linux development tools and concepts, including:
  
* Make and Makefiles
  
* GDB
  
* Vi/Vim editor
  
* Process creation and management using `fork()`

• Strong Linux system programming skills.

• Hands-on experience in code debugging and troubleshooting using GDB.

• Operating system calls, file input/output

• GUI development using Motif

• database or SQL
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• Knowledge of H32 and A2L file formats.

• Familiarity with Exceed Turbo

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• Experience in control system software development and calibration.

• Experience with interfacing to Postgres database and Postgres table creation.

• Working experience of Code Configuration Management, Jira Issue Management, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

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Skills:

C Programming
GUI Development on Linus Motif
database