Ford Motor Company

ADAS Core Hardware Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $66K — $170K *
Washington, DC 20500In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years in Hardware Design of E/E components
  • 7+ years with Automotive Component or Subsystem Product Development tools
  • Expertise in analyzing and resolving complex issues
  • Strong teamwork and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead core design for ADAS components across vehicle programs
  • Ensure quality and cost-efficiency of parts and documentation
  • Manage sourcing process and prepare technical specifications
  • Conduct software technical design reviews and releases
  • Perform failure mode avoidance analyses and safety assessments
  • Analyze data, troubleshoot issues, and develop solutions for hardware and software problems

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family
  • Tuition assistance and support for family building benefits
  • Generous paid time off and holidays, including time for community service
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

You will use your technical expertise to make driving safer, easier and better for our customers. The Advance Driver Assistance Technology (ADAS) team develops state-of-the-art software and algorithms to deliver best-in-class features like adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, driver monitoring, and 360 camera systems.

We are seeking a highly driven engineer responsible for the core development work for ADAS sensors. You would lead hardware and software core development and own requirements for these systems that control ADAS features across all vehicle programs.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Lead Core design work for ADAS components per the Global Product Development System process on various vehicle programs.
  • Provide cost-efficient and quality parts on time, maintaining ownership and governance of component-specific robustness quality documentation (DFMEA, DVP&R, SCCAF, etc.).
  • Lead the Sourcing Process, including investment, piece price, and tooling cost reviews, and prepare initial and final sourcing documents including ESOW, Engineering Specifications, System and Component Requirements.
  • Manage and execute software technical design reviews and releases for prototype, production, and service
  • Lead and perform Failure Mode Avoidance and Functional Safety analyses to examine potential failure modes and design suitable prevention strategies.
  • Conduct Technical Design Reviews, interfacing with Ford application activities and supplier engineering (software, hardware, mechanical, etc.).
  • Lead in the creation and signoff of E/E information like WCCA, Device Transmittals, Specifications, and Electrical Schematics.
  • Support Vehicle Operations activities to determine appropriate assembly and testing processes.
  • Interface with other engineers, Vehicle Engineering, suppliers, and management to ensure compliance with required specifications and efficient critical decision-making.
  • Support program-related work such as Bill of Materials (BOM), integration and packaging, parts release, requirements compliance, Engineering Signoff, 2-pagers, AIMs, FMA, Subsystem/Supplier work plans, DVP&R, and Engineering Sign-off.
  • Analyze data, identify root causes of issues, and develop corrective actions to optimize processes and achieve desired outcomes. Strong systems engineering approach to problem-solving and design. Drive troubleshooting and development of solutions for Hardware, Software, and packaging issues found during validation and launch using problem-solving best practices (8D, Is/Is not, 3L5W, fishbones, etc.).
  • Support prototype builds and vehicle launch, which may require travel.
  • Identify validation, durability, and functional testing required for a given program's change scope.
  • Support ongoing warranty reduction and improvements.


Qualifications

You'll bring...
  • BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or strongly related equivalent
  • Experience with packaging electronic modules and components in vehicles
  • 3+ years of experience in Hardware Design of E/E components.
  • 7+ years of experience with Automotive Component or Subsystem Product Development tools and processes.
  • Strong understanding and application of engineering disciplines (engineering specifications, systems engineering, design validation, failure mode analysis, 8D, Six Sigma, etc.).
  • An expertise in analyzing and resolving complex issues.
  • Strong teamwork and collaboration skills, self-motivated, proactive, eager to take responsibility, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
  • Outstanding supplier relationship skills to coach and lead suppliers as required.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
  • Ability to quickly learn the job (with mentoring from others) and then be able to self-lead the D&R Application work on programs.
  • Ability to clearly and concisely communicate and interact with others, both orally and in writing.
  • Ability to travel

Even better you, my have...
  • MSEE or advanced degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of E/E Layout, WCCA, or other industrialization of electronics experience.
  • Experience with ADAS sensing technologies (e.g., ECU, camera, radar, lidar, ultrasonic).
  • Electrical and Mechanical subsystems, brackets design experience.
  • Ability to interface with cross-functional teams and champion issue resolution to get the job done.
  • Strong knowledge of E/E Systems and how E/E components interface with other vehicle systems.
  • Motivation to bring new technologies from concept to production in a short time period.
  • Diagnostic tools and troubleshooting familiarity (DET, CANAlyzer, DTCs, DIDs etc.).
  • Thorough understanding of vehicle electrical systems and electrical design/development processes.
  • Understanding of production, industrialization, and PPAP processes.


This position is a salary grade 5 - 8 and ranges from $66,660 -$170,000.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

This position is hybrid (onsite four days per week) for candidates. #LI-Hybrid
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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
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