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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! What you’ll be able to do: DAT Feature and Software 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. Lead the development of feature engineering deliverables including Concept, Logical and Technology requirements, Boundary diagrams, design analysis, Failure Mode Avoidance, robustness fields and test procedures. Work with Hardware, Software and Test teams to ensure Feature requirements are cascaded, aligned, and accepted. Develop and refine vehicle level uses cases, interfaces and feature level specification to ensure production feature delivery. Establish Feature objectives and ensure system operation to meet the end-user/customer objectives through a structured system level test methodology. Work with Functional Safety engineers to develop and refine feature functional safety requirements, item definition, hazard analysis/risk assessment and functional safety concept incompliance with ISO-26262/Ford Functional Safety process. Ensure new features seamlessly integrate with existing features to provide a superb customer experience. Work with the virtual validation teams to establish CAE procedures to reduce dependence on vehicle-level testing. Assure that the integration of affected systems meet the requirements for accurate feature-level performance. Support development of Design validation methods to ensure feature robustness across all vehicle environmental conditions and customer usage. Use data analysis techniques and methods from data generated by track, lab and model-based validation method to ensure feature achieves a desired set of requirement. Plan and help execute real-world evaluation of ADAS features via vehicle/HIL/virtual testing and identify system problems/issues. Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal functions and external suppliers to ensure delivered system achieves feature requirements. Support Sign-off of feature level performance for first vehicle program implementation. Gather quality history to manage and drive feature quality and improvements (i.e. Data Analytics/VOCF/Launch Feedback/Warranty/External Metrics such as JD Powers). Domestic Travel Required up to 10%. You'll have... Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Developing or testing ADAS features, including developing test methods, defining acceptance criteria and performing root cause analysis of issues. 2. Design and develop ADAS systems or features using automotive OBD2 functions and tools for diagnostics and flashing software. 3. Delivering integrated system solutions by collaborating with cross-functional teams across software, hardware, test, or systems engineering to deliver product. 4. Investigating issues and debugging embedded software in vehicles or on an HIL stand. 5. Recording and interpreting data from automotive CAN, CanFD and Automotive Ethernet networks using RADmoon and Vector CANalyzer, CANoe or CANape. 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Writing script using Python, C, or C++, or analysis with Matlab, to develop, analyze or test ADAS system. 2. Analyzing large data sets from an embedded SW system for statical analysis, identification of trends or outlier behavior. We are offering a salary of $93,642.00 - $192,900.00/yr. You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply! As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: • 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. For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: fordcareers.co Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #LI-DNI #DNP

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We are offering a salary of $93,642.00 - $192,900.00/yr.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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