Staff Embedded Controls Engineer, Vehicle Motion

The dynamics that a driver feels as lateral and longitudinal forces in a vehicle define the vehicle's DNA. Join us in developing our next-generation centralized vehicle motion control system, where we can further bridge the interaction between the driver and the vehicle in a natural and intuitive way.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Embedded Controls Software Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in embedded development for complex, distributed, safety-critical embedded systems and hands‑on experience developing math- and physics-based control strategies.

• Create and implement the control strategy for various vehicle motion attributes and functions, including lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics.
• Work with suppliers to define functions and interfaces into 3rd party components, driving further consolidation and integration of vehicle functions into our centralized vehicle motion control system.
• Collaborate with software integration teams to bring up core functions and broadcast software level requirements to electrical hardware and systems teams.
• Understand functional safety principles and participate in functional safety analyses of complex vehicle subsystems.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions.
• Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews through all vehicle program development phases
• Collaborate with other system integration leads to capture component level requirements, provide subject matter expertise in sourcing discussions, and collect and approve Device Transmittals.
• Early phases of firmware development will focus on hardware validation, labcar testing, and setting up the automation framework for unit, SIL and HIL testing.

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science, with evidence of exceptional ability, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience on embedded controls systems such as chassis systems, VCM, or similar dynamic functions.
• 6+ years of experience on electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
• 6+ years of experience with Vehicle Network Protocols such as CAN, LIN & Automotive Ethernet
• 6+ years of experience with C, Python, Git, Bazel, CANape, and RTOS
• Strong EE fundamentals and hands‑on experience with electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, power supplies, etc.)
• 4+ years of experience using embedded networking interface tools for automotive, aerospace, or similar field
• Experience and working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, battery technologies, software/hardware tool development, motor calibration technologies, OBD calibration, functional safety, network, and diagnostics processes
• Experience with creating and executing component‑level test procedures and owning all test results.

• Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
• Experience developing features such as hill hold, stability controls, anti-lock braking, park assist, cruise or adaptive cruise control, or other similar vehicle dynamic features.
• Experience with software build tools like Bazel, Scons, Cmake etc.
• Experience with fundamental hardware components on PCB and their analysis tools.
• Ability to write testing scripts for using scripting languages (Python)
• Fluent in software fundamentals including software design and maintainability.
• Hands‑on experience in hardware bring‑up, system debugging, and code optimization
• Knowledgeofelectrical engineering fundamentals including circuit analysis and design

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 change maker, 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:

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