Ford Motor Company

Electrified Powertrain Controls Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company$68K — $192K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • 1+ years of C programming or similar language experience
  • 1+ years of software development experience for embedded control systems
  • 1+ years of experience in the automotive industry or similar
  • Proven collaboration skills in cross-functional team environments

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate in a multi-functional team to define electrified vehicle control requirements
  • Translate requirements into software design and implement controls algorithms in C-code
  • Test software changes using unit-test, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing environments
  • Maintain documentation such as Feature Functional Descriptions, Calibration guides, and release notes for software releases
  • Develop feature Development Verification (DV) tests

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave including new parent ramp-up programs
  • Family building benefits such as adoption expense reimbursement and fertility treatments
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
  • Tuition assistance and community service paid time off
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
As the Electrified Powertrain Controls Software Engineer, you work within the span & scope of Diagnostics, High Voltage Charging, Climate Controls, Energy & Power Management, High Voltage Component Controls, Propulsive Controls, and many others.
In this early career role, you have the opportunity to deliver ideas to real-world products with a high-level autonomy within a team committed to developing and mentoring.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Collaborate in a multi-functional environment to define electrified vehicle controls requirements
  • Translate requirements into software design, then implement and validate the controls' algorithm in C-code
  • Complete testing of software changes in unit-test, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), and/or Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing environment
  • Maintain Feature Functional Description documentation, Calibration guides, Feature Requirements, Install guides, and release notes for each software release
  • Develop feature DV tests


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • A bachelor or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
  • 1+ year of experience programming in C or a similar language
  • 1+ year of experience developing software for embedded control systems
  • 1+ year of experience in automotive, or a similar industry
  • 1+ year of experience in roles demonstrating strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment


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 of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.

This position is a salary grade 5 through 8 ranges from $68,300-$192,900.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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1903
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