Staff Body Controls Systems Integration Engineer

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.

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...

Body controls is the subsystem the customer physically touches every time they use the vehicle. As the industry shifts to software-defined vehicles, every one of those interactions has become a cross-functional problem spanning electrical hardware, software, and network communication.

We're looking for an experienced electrical systems integration engineer with sufficient hardware depth to own body controls end to end closures, seating, lighting, switches, mirrors, wipers, and the motors, sensors, and actuators behind them. You'll own the intersection where hardware and software meet: translating physical component behavior into system requirements, defining the interfaces that drive it, and proving it works on real hardware. From concept through production, you are responsible for the seamless operation and performance of these systems.

Body controls is the subsystem the customer physically touches every time they use the vehicle. As the industry shifts to software-defined vehicles, every one of those interactions has become a cross-functional problem spanning electrical hardware, software, and network communication.

What you'll do...

• Own end-to-end integration of body controls components from component hardware specification through bench bring-up, vehicle validation, and production launch
• Own component-level bring-up and debug on benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles, defining the process, running it hands-on, and serving as final technical authority on cross-domain issues
• Lead vehicle manufacturing integration and end-of-line validation for body controls components
• Drive supplier software for networked body controls components: review deliveries against requirements, drive defect triage and resolution with suppliers, and gate release readiness
• Develop and maintain network databases and interface artifacts (DBC, LDF, ARXML), coordinating with software and systems engineering to satisfy all feature and functional requirements
• Own interface definition with electrical hardware and distribution teams, creating boundary and block diagrams for body controls subsystems
• Define and execute integration and validation test plans covering both network behavior and discrete component behavior
• Support vehicle behavior decomposition into feature, system, and device requirements in JAMA, and maintain traceability from requirement to validation result
• Mentor engineers across the organization on integration process, hardware reasoning, and requirements quality

What you'll do...

• Own end-to-end integration of body controls components from component hardware specification through bench bring-up, vehicle validation, and production launch
• Own component-level bring-up and debug on benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles, defining the process, running it hands-on, and serving as final technical authority on cross-domain issues
• Lead vehicle manufacturing integration and end-of-line validation for body controls components
• Drive supplier software for networked body controls components: review deliveries against requirements, drive defect triage and resolution with suppliers, and gate release readiness
• Develop and maintain network databases and interface artifacts (DBC, LDF, ARXML), coordinating with software and systems engineering to satisfy all feature and functional requirements
• Own interface definition with electrical hardware and distribution teams, creating boundary and block diagrams for body controls subsystems
• Define and execute integration and validation test plans covering both network behavior and discrete component behavior
• Support vehicle behavior decomposition into feature, system, and device requirements in JAMA, and maintain traceability from requirement to validation result
• Mentor engineers across the organization on integration process, hardware reasoning, and requirements quality