Diagnostics Systems Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

15h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods, you’ll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We’re seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Alternatively, employer will accept 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.
• Education and/or experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Utilizing industry-standard Model Based System Engineering tools to understand and develop the design of a system’s architecture. 2. Defining requirements dictating performance of an ADAS system, component or feature. 3. Performing failure mode analysis/FMEA on an ADAS system, component or feature. 4. Developing or signing off test plans to validate a system, component, or feature’s performance to defined requirements. 5. Analyzing vehicle or sensor data to identify system inefficiencies. 6. Root-causing ADAS performance issues during various phases of a system launch, including SIL, HIL or vehicle level testing. 7. Optimizing system design through changes to hardware or decision-making logic to achieve improved performance to specifications.

Responsibilities

• Refine existing platform system requirements as needed to provide diagnostic and configuration capabilities to new content within the existing ADAS system.
• As part of the development process, follow new and modified requirements through validation, working closely with implementing and testing teams to ensure the requirements are met.
• For new vehicle programs utilizing an existing ADAS system, review validation results for acceptance and investigate any variations in performance from previous vehicles with that system.
• Process performance deviations where acceptable.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to root-cause diagnostic performance concerns identified during pre-production build phases and post-production.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• 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
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees