ADAS Help Me Drive Verification & Validation Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

1d • $66,660 - $175,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The ADAS Help Me Drive (HMD) Verification & Validation Engineer ensures that advanced driver assistance features meet customer expectations. The role develops and implements feature requirements and specifications, including functional safety, for features such as Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Centering Assist, Lane Keeping, Driver Monitoring, BlueCruise hands-free driving, automated lane change, and lane biasing. The engineer validates features according to the systems engineering model and collaborates with research, user experience, design, hardware, and software teams to define, develop, and verify customer-facing attributes and performance capabilities.

The role develops verification methods and uses vehicle, hardware-in-the-loop, model-in-the-loop, and other advanced testing methodologies. It supports feature development, calibration, testing, sign-off, data analysis, issue investigation, and root-cause analysis across component, system, and vehicle levels. The position is hybrid, with four onsite days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience developing or testing features using radar, camera, lidar, ultrasonic sensors, or other related vehicle systems such as body, electrical, chassis, or powertrain systems.
• Familiarity with actuators and control systems.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics, Software, Computer Science, AI, Systems Engineering, Product Development, or a related field.
• Experience applying systems engineering principles.
• Experience with robotic verification and testing methods.
• Troubleshooting experience with electromechanical systems.
• Experience with differential GPS equipment.
• Experience with automotive interfaces such as CAN, CANFD, Autosar, and Auto-Ethernet.
• Experience using Vector CANape, CANalyzer, dSPACE Controls Desk, or similar tools.
• Analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to vehicle attribute development, such as vehicle dynamics or steering and chassis systems.
• Experience in project management and/or an integration role.
• Experience with failure mode analysis techniques.
• Experience leading validation and verification of ADAS sensing systems.
• Experience with computer vision and radar tracking of humans, vehicles, static roadway obstacles, or other typical road objects.
• Experience with computer vision detection and tracking of signs, lights, lanes, and other key artifacts.
• Experience reviewing, categorizing, and analyzing field data to determine error states or failure modes.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience with model-based design methods in Simulink for creating, developing, and enhancing current or new features.
• Experience in verification techniques, including design verification methods and vehicle data acquisition and analysis.
• Experience with virtual validation methods such as HIL, MIL, and SIL.
• Strong leadership skills and passion for quality and improving customer satisfaction.
• Good communication and project management skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, refine, and execute design validation methods to ensure ADAS HMD feature performance at component, system, and vehicle levels across environmental and cross-carline noise factors.
• Complete sign-off of ADAS HMD feature performance.
• Lead or support development of verification plans and methods.
• Support ADAS HMD feature upgrades and enhancements by working with feature owners on model changes, regression testing, test vectors, data review, issue identification, and supplier interaction.
• Support development of data analysis techniques for feature performance data from track and real-world validation.
• Coordinate with feature development engineers to execute design verification plans and ensure feature-level performance.
• Collaborate with global functional partners to meet system- and vehicle-level performance requirements.
• Cascade system-level requirements to functional partners.
• Lead or support development and sign-off of ADAS features on vehicle programs.
• Support feature calibration studies to satisfy vehicle-level performance requirements.
• Develop MATLAB and CAN tools for data collection and analysis.
• Identify opportunities to use HiL and CAE methods for feature calibration and performance verification.
• Plan and execute real-world evaluations of ADAS features through vehicle, HIL, and virtual testing; identify system problems and issues.
• Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal functions and external suppliers to ensure systems meet feature requirements.
• Benchmark competitors and monitor public-domain requirements.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• 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.
• A generous schedule of 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