Transmission and Driveline Controls Engineer
About The Position
Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. In this position... Own and manage multiple diagnostics related software components (features) pertaining to transmission and driveline diagnostics controls. The software components are written in c-code and used across multiple product lines and multiple hardware designs in terms of the transmissions and driveline components. This includes 10-speed and 8 speed automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, transfer cases, rear axle lockers, and front wheel-end lockers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- 4+ years experience in software development in C/C++
- 4+ years of experience of embedded controls development in automatic transmission and/or driveline controls
Nice To Haves
- Desire to own, continuously improve, and expand the capability of SW features used across all vehicle programs, platforms and powertrains in Ford
- Experience with change management tools such as IBM ClearCase, Git, SVN
- Experience with calibration and data visualization tools such as ATI Vision, INCA/MDA, Vector CANalyzer
- Experience in requirements-based test development in virtual and physical environments
- Strong communication and outreach/networking skills.
- Experience with SW quality processes, including requirements management, test plan development, and testing environments both virtual (MIL, SIL) and physical (HIL, vehicle)
- Experience with data analysis and troubleshooting
Responsibilities
- Manage changes and requirements
- Coordinate validation with HIL and calibration teams
- Act as SPOC for issue triage and resolution
- Bookshelf and release updates using software development and software quality processes, including all necessary deliverables (e.g. test reports, DVMs, cal guides, etc)
- Design and implement controls software using c-programming language
- Develop and execute desktop unit tests to fully verify the functionality of the software with respect to requirements.
- Use desktop vehicle simulation environment, HILs and vehicles to test and validate software designs.
- Use issue management tools (JIRA) to manage and document software feature change requirements, emphasizing customer (SP&I, calibration, program) needs and timing considerations
- Participate in, and communicate with, cross-functional teams to optimize solutions weighing software complexity, tuneability, testability and Ford SW modeling guidelines
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
