Ford Motor Company

Ford Racing Motorsports Powertrain Calibration Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $65K — $166K *
Allen Park, MI 48101In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical field.
  • 2+ years of experience in simulation and coding using MATLAB & Simulink.
  • Experience in control system algorithms and calibrations development, testing, and validation.
  • Eligibility for a passport due to required domestic and international travel.

Responsibilities

  • Develop gasoline engine calibration and controls for racing vehicles.
  • Support dynamometer & track-based engine mapping with various control systems.
  • Create simulation environments for HiL, SiL, and DiL testing.
  • Assist with track testing as necessary.
  • Modify production control strategies to meet specific vehicle requirements.
  • Innovate new technologies within race regulation limitations.
  • Support LMDh, GT3, GT4, and Off-Road programs.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility assistance.
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management lease options.
  • Tuition assistance for continued education.
  • Participation in active employee resource groups.
  • Generous paid holidays and community service time off.
  • Option to purchase additional vacation time.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

You will help develop, test and deliver world class powertrain controls and calibrations used to power our teams to race wins and championships across the globe. This role will primarily focus on supporting the Mustang GT3 and GT4 global motorsport programs across multiple racing series including, but not limited to, IMSA, WEC, SRO, NLS and DTM.

This is a hybrid role requiring at least 4 days per week in the Allen Park, MI office.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Gasoline engine calibration and controls development for both professional and customer racing vehicles.
  • Dynamometer & track-based hardware selection support and engine mapping with multiple engine control systems such as production Ford, Bosch Motorsports, MoTeC, New Eagle, etc.
  • Develop simulation environments for HiL (Hardware in the loop), SiL (Software in the loop) and DiL (Driver in the loop) testing.
  • Support track testing as required.
  • Perform modifications of production control strategies as required to meet vehicle attributes.
  • Innovation of new technologies allowable within the boundaries imposed by appropriate race sanctioning bodies.
  • Support various programs such as LMDh, GT3, GT4, and Off-Road.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical degree.
  • Minimum of 2+ years of experience with simulation and coding in MATLAB & Simulink, development, testing, and validation of control system algorithms and calibrations.
  • Must hold or be eligible for a passport. International and Domestic travel will be required.

Even better, you may have...
  • Experience with AVL Puma, AVL Concerto, AVL Indicom.
  • Experience using Bosch Motorsport, Motec, Cosworth and Mclaren Hardware and Software.
  • Experience with ATI Vision and Ford production powertrain control strategies.
  • Proficiency in C#, Python, MATLAB, VBA, or an equivalent programming language.
  • Formula SAE experience very highly preferred.
  • Possess a competitive spirt, can-do attitude, and interest in professional and amateur Motorsports at a technical level.
  • Strong team player, ability to work with multiple suppliers, and willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with high responsibility.
  • Detail oriented self-starter and problem solver.


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 - salary grade 8 and ranges from $65,100-$166,200.
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.

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 #FR1 #LI-LC2

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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
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