Adas Feature Verification & Validation Engineer

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!

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Be directly responsible for developing, planning, and executing verification & validation methods to deliver Clear Exit Assist (CEA) and Low Speed BLIS (LSBLS) ADAS features across Ford & Lincoln vehicles. Review and complete all executables required to implement the features on each program. Lead all validation required to deliver the CEA and LSBLS features, which includes trackside in vehicle testing & validation on public roads, and supporting validation across multiple program milestones. Define feature calibrations for each program, and release into ADAS SW. Lead discussions with suppliers and internal cross functional teams to address bugs identified dur testing, in the plant, and in the field and push towards solutions in-time to support vehicle launches. Review feature developmental efficiencies by developing and leveraging Virtual Validation teams/tools to deliver feature testing across toolsets which include HIL and Breadboard and reduce in vehicle test time. Implement prevent recurrence actions and document feature gaps identified during testing. Cascade feature lessons learned for adoption in future platform executions. Author customer facing documentation to address feature functionality and repair; Owner's Manual and Dealership Workshop Repair Manuals. Monitor feature quality & implement quality improvement fixes to deliver best in class feature experience. Domestic Travel Required up to 10%.

What you'll be able to do:

ADAS Feature Verification & Validation Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Be directly responsible for developing, planning, and executing verification & validation methods to deliver Clear Exit Assist (CEA) and Low Speed BLIS (LSBLS) ADAS features across Ford & Lincoln vehicles. Review and complete all executables required to implement the features on each program. Lead all validation required to deliver the CEA and LSBLS features, which includes trackside in vehicle testing & validation on public roads, and supporting validation across multiple program milestones. Define feature calibrations for each program, and release into ADAS SW. Lead discussions with suppliers and internal cross functional teams to address bugs identified dur testing, in the plant, and in the field and push towards solutions in-time to support vehicle launches. Review feature developmental efficiencies by developing and leveraging Virtual Validation teams/tools to deliver feature testing across toolsets which include HIL and Breadboard and reduce in vehicle test time. Implement prevent recurrence actions and document feature gaps identified during testing. Cascade feature lessons learned for adoption in future platform executions. Author customer facing documentation to address feature functionality and repair; Owner's Manual and Dealership Workshop Repair Manuals. Monitor feature quality & implement quality improvement fixes to deliver best in class feature experience. Domestic Travel Required up to 10%.