ADAS Feature Verification & Validation Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

2d • $92,316 - $184,351 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is hiring an ADAS Feature Verification & Validation Engineer in Dearborn, Michigan. This hybrid position involves working from home and at the Dearborn worksite; employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance. The role develops, plans, and executes verification and validation methods to deliver Clear Exit Assist (CEA) and Low Speed BLIS (LSBLS) advanced driver assistance features across Ford and Lincoln vehicles. Domestic travel of up to 10% is required.

The engineer reviews and completes implementation deliverables, leads feature validation across program milestones, defines calibrations and releases them into ADAS software, and coordinates with suppliers and internal cross-functional teams to resolve issues identified during testing, at plants, and in the field. The role also advances virtual validation using tools such as HIL and Breadboard to improve testing efficiency and reduce in-vehicle test time. The engineer documents feature gaps and preventive actions, shares lessons learned for future programs, authors customer-facing Owner’s Manual and Dealership Workshop Repair Manual content, and monitors feature quality and improvement fixes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• At least 2 years of experience developing and implementing functional requirements, targets, and verification and validation use cases for ADAS features.
• At least 2 years of experience planning and executing test-track and real-world evaluations using Vector CAN Tools (CANalyzer), DET (Diagnostic Tool), and an ADAS module OBD2/Data Viewing Tool (DV Tool).
• At least 2 years of experience developing, implementing, and applying data-analysis methods to review validation data and verify ADAS feature specifications.
• At least 2 years of experience using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, FEDE, VSEM, FTIDE, JAMA, Testrail, and JIRA to document, track, and test issue resolution to closure with responsible parties.
• At least 2 years of experience authoring and reviewing issue-resolution documentation and tools, including 8Ds, 5-Whys, Fishbone diagrams, and DFMEAs.
• At least 2 years of experience supporting ADAS feature upgrades and enhancements, including model changes, regression testing, test-vector support, data review, issue identification, and supplier interaction.
• At least 2 years of experience authoring, signing off, and submitting validation reports in JIRA, FEDE, and VanGuard.
• At least 2 years of experience flashing software onto ADAS modules and sensors, tracing signals across networks, modules, and sensors, and debugging and reviewing DTCs.
• At least 2 years of experience with ADAS short-range corner radar sensors and ADAS ECUs.
• At least 2 years of experience applying and releasing features across programs through review of Boundary Diagrams, Message Lists, Configuration Guides, Wiring Schematics, FuSA Impact Analysis, and feature cybersecurity.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.
• Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the Dearborn, Michigan worksite.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, and execute verification and validation methods for Clear Exit Assist and Low Speed BLIS features across Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
• Review and complete executables required to implement features on each program.
• Lead feature validation, including trackside in-vehicle testing, public-road testing, and validation across program milestones.
• Define feature calibrations for each program and release them into ADAS software.
• Lead discussions with suppliers and internal cross-functional teams to resolve issues found during testing, in plants, and in the field in time to support vehicle launches.
• Develop and leverage virtual validation teams and tools, including HIL and Breadboard, to test features across toolsets and reduce in-vehicle test time.
• Implement actions to prevent recurrence and document feature gaps identified during testing.
• Cascade feature lessons learned for adoption in future platform executions.
• Author customer-facing documentation about feature functionality and repair, including Owner’s Manuals and Dealership Workshop Repair Manuals.
• Monitor feature quality and implement quality improvement fixes.
• Develop and implement ADAS functional requirements, targets, and verification and validation use cases.
• Plan and execute test-track and real-world evaluations to identify feature system problems and issues.
• Analyze data generated by track and real-world validation to ensure features meet specifications.
• Document, track, and test issue resolution to closure in collaboration with responsible parties.
• Author, review, and monitor issue-resolution documentation, including 8Ds, 5-Whys, Fishbone diagrams, and DFMEAs.
• Support ADAS feature upgrades and enhancements, including model changes, regression testing, test-vector support, data review, issue identification, and supplier interaction.
• Author, sign off, and submit validation reports in JIRA, FEDE, and VanGuard.
• Flash software onto ADAS modules and sensors; trace signals across networks, modules, and sensors; and debug and review DTCs to enable feature functionality.
• Apply and release features across programs by reviewing Boundary Diagrams, Message Lists, Configuration Guides, Wiring Schematics, FuSA Impact Analysis, and feature cybersecurity.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• 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.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level