ADAS Feature Verification & Validation Engineer

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

11h • $92,316 - $184,351 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is hiring an ADAS Feature Verification & Validation Engineer in Dearborn, Michigan. This is a hybrid position, with work performed both 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 for Clear Exit Assist (CEA) and Low Speed BLIS (LSBLS) ADAS features across Ford and Lincoln vehicles. It leads feature validation, including in-vehicle testing at test tracks and on public roads, and supports validation across program milestones.

The engineer defines feature calibrations and releases them into ADAS software, works with suppliers and cross-functional teams to resolve issues found during testing, in plants, and in the field, and supports timely vehicle launches. The role also advances virtual validation using tools such as HIL and Breadboard to reduce in-vehicle testing, documents feature gaps and recurrence-prevention actions, shares lessons learned, and authors customer-facing Owner’s Manual and Dealership Workshop Repair Manual documentation. The engineer monitors feature quality and implements improvements. Domestic travel of up to 10% is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Two years of experience developing and implementing functional requirements, targets, and verification and validation use cases for ADAS features.
• Two 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).
• Two years of experience developing, implementing, and applying data-analysis techniques to review track and real-world validation data and confirm ADAS features meet specifications.
• Two years of experience using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, FEDE, VSEM, FTIDE, JAMA, Testrail, and JIRA to document, track, and test issue resolution through closure in collaboration with responsible parties.
• Two years of experience authoring and reviewing issue-resolution documentation and tools, including 8Ds, 5-Whys, Fishbone diagrams, and DFMEAs.
• Two years of experience supporting ADAS feature upgrades and enhancements, including model changes, regression testing, test-vector support, data review, issue identification, and supplier interaction.
• Two years of experience authoring, signing off, and submitting validation reports in JIRA, FEDE, and VanGuard.
• Two years of experience flashing software onto ADAS modules and sensors, tracing signals across networks, modules, and sensors, and debugging and reviewing DTCs.
• Two years of experience with ADAS short-range corner radar sensors and ADAS ECU.
• Two 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, and execute verification and validation methods for Clear Exit Assist (CEA) and Low Speed BLIS (LSBLS) across Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
• Review and complete executables required to implement features on each vehicle 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.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal cross-functional teams to resolve bugs 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 recurrence-prevention actions and document feature gaps identified during testing.
• Cascade feature lessons learned for adoption in future platform executions.
• Author customer-facing documentation covering feature functionality and repair, including Owner’s Manuals and Dealership Workshop Repair Manuals.
• Monitor feature quality and implement quality improvements.
• Develop and implement ADAS feature requirements, targets, and verification and validation use cases.
• Plan and execute test-track and real-world evaluations, analyze validation data, and identify system problems and issues.
• Document, track, and test issue resolution through closure in collaboration with responsible parties.
• Author and review 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.
• Domestic travel up to 10%.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• 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