Highlights
Applicants will also interface with teams including powertrain, chassis and architecture engineers, and digital performance feature owners, allowing for numerous opportunities to expand technical knowledge in a wide area of automotive technologies, systems, and components. Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate EMC and environmental testing as well as SW testing firmware functionality, stability, and performance under normal, extreme, and faulted conditions.
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| Location | Allen Park, MI |
Description
We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
Racing is where our story began.
In 1901, Henry Ford climbed into a car he built himself-"Sweepstakes"-and beat America's most famous driver. He wasn't a racer, but he had to win. He did. Ford Motor Company was born from that victory.
That fighting spirit lives on in Ford Racing today. We're the engineers, strategists, and competitors who bring Ford's track-tested edge into every vehicle we build. Every track, every stage, every proving ground-that's where we prove ourselves.
The result: one of the world's most iconic brands, legendary nameplates, and a team unmatched in the industry.
Our mantra: Race to win, engineer to lead.
If you're a competitor, innovator, or performance obsessive, Ford Racing is where you belong. Help us write the next chapter.
In this position...
We're looking for an experienced and talented individual to join Ford Racing to serve as a controls engineer who will deliver semi-active suspension and chassis controls software and ECUs across multiple programs.
As we expand our global Ford Racing team, we are seeking an engineer that can help shape our growth, our people and our products. This role will be focused on managing embedded controls software and ECUs Pre-PS through OPD for all Ford Racing Applications. Applicants will also interface with teams including powertrain, chassis and architecture engineers, and digital performance feature owners, allowing for numerous opportunities to expand technical knowledge in a wide area of automotive technologies, systems, and components.
Chassis ECU D&R Engineer
What you'll do...
Design and release VDM control modules, sensors, and brackets -- fully own all deliverables associated with your systems
Guide supplier partners through the Ford Global Product Development System (GPDS) process
Perform Failure Mode Avoidance and Functional Safety analyses to examine potential failure modes and design suitable prevention strategies
Work with chassis controls Technical Specialist and Vehicle Dynamics team to establish requirements for advanced suspension control systems and emerging new technologies
Work with other functional areas within Ford (Electrical, Powertrain, Vehicle Operations, and Vehicle Program teams) to ensure that all vehicle interfaces are defined and supported
Support component and vehicle testing, rig testing, and Hardware-In-the-Loop simulations to demonstrate system functionality
Manage system quality, cost and timing to ensure high quality program deliverables
Lead team designing and implementing the chassis controls HW and SW on the vehicle dynamics module (VDM) controlling Ford Racing's off-road semi-active suspensions.
Specification, design, implementation, and testing of VDM and other ECU hardware
Identify reusable strategies from current Ford in-house hardware and software to accelerate new Ford Racing algorithm development
Develop software strategies that utilize a mix of Ford and Ford Racing in-house resources as well as outside resources
Expand Ford Racing VDM hardware and software to control new semi-active suspension hardware (Stabilizer Bars, new damper technology)
Work with/resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs
Develop software and hardware component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness
Develop SIL/HIL testing methods for Ford Racing modules including using hardware debuggers
Familiar with ISO26262-compliant software
Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate EMC and environmental testing as well as SW testing firmware functionality, stability, and performance under normal, extreme, and faulted conditions
Hands-on hardware , systems integration knowledge
Familiar with ECU manufacturing and testing
What you'll do...
Design and release VDM control modules, sensors, and brackets -- fully own all deliverables associated with your systems
Guide supplier partners through the Ford Global Product Development System (GPDS) process
Perform Failure Mode Avoidance and Functional Safety analyses to examine potential failure modes and design suitable prevention strategies
Work with chassis controls Technical Specialist and Vehicle Dynamics team to establish requirements for advanced suspension control systems and emerging new technologies
Work with other functional areas within Ford (Electrical, Powertrain, Vehicle Operations, and Vehicle Program teams) to ensure that all vehicle interfaces are defined and supported
Support component and vehicle testing, rig testing, and Hardware-In-the-Loop simulations to demonstrate system functionality
Manage system quality, cost and timing to ensure high quality program deliverables
Lead team designing and implementing the chassis controls HW and SW on the vehicle dynamics module (VDM) controlling Ford Racing's off-road semi-active suspensions.
Specification, design, implementation, and testing of VDM and other ECU hardware
Identify reusable strategies from current Ford in-house hardware and software to accelerate new Ford Racing algorithm development
Develop software strategies that utilize a mix of Ford and Ford Racing in-house resources as well as outside resources
Expand Ford Racing VDM hardware and software to control new semi-active suspension hardware (Stabilizer Bars, new damper technology)
Work with/resolve ambiguity in requirements/specifications/designs
Develop software and hardware component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/stability/release readiness
Develop SIL/HIL testing methods for Ford Racing modules including using hardware debuggers
Familiar with ISO26262-compliant software
Develop comprehensive test plans and perform thorough testing to validate EMC and environmental testing as well as SW testing firmware functionality, stability, and performance under normal, extreme, and faulted conditions
Hands-on hardware , systems integration knowledge
Familiar with ECU manufacturing and testing