Ford Motor Company

Product Engineer

Ford Motor Company$85K — $143K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 2+ years of experience in requirement modeling and MIL development.
  • Experience with Matlab/Simulink tools for at least 2 years.
  • 1+ years with Software Configuration Management tools like Git.
  • Hands-on experience (2+ years) integrating plant dynamics models with embedded controller software for automotive systems.

Responsibilities

  • Define virtual software validation methods by integrating plant models with controller software.
  • Develop scripts and tools to automate software builds for virtualization.
  • Engage cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of software components.
  • Create virtual test environments and test cases for hardware-dependent testing.
  • Collaborate with ADAS feature engineers to resolve software issues.
  • Work with simulation teams to reduce reliance on vehicle testing.
  • Maintain automation for builds, testing, data analysis, and reporting.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
  • Employee and family vehicle discount program.
  • Tuition assistance for employees.
  • Active employee resource groups promoting inclusion.
  • Paid time off for community service activities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
We are seeking a talented and detail-oriented Requirement Modeling and MIL Simulation Engineer to join our advanced engineering team. In this role, you will play a critical part in shaping the future of virtual software validation for Chassis systems and features by building robust simulation environments, automating test infrastructure, and enabling engineers to validate hardware-dependent behaviors entirely in a virtual setting. You will work at the intersection of model-based development, software engineering, and systems integration-helping the organization reduce cost, shorten development cycles, and improve quality by minimizing dependency on physical vehicle testing.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Define efficient virtual SW validation methods by integrating plant models with controller software source code.
  • Develop necessary scripts and tools to automate software builds for software virtualization.
  • Engage cross functional team members to coordinate on-time delivery of in-house and supplier software components to be compatible with the virtual test environments.
  • Develop virtual test environments & test cases to enable testing HW dependent test cases through simulation.
  • Work closely with ADAS feature and system engineers to resolve in-house software issues
  • Work with the Hardware in the Loop, Software in the loop, and Model in the loop simulation teams to reduce dependency on vehicle level testing.
  • Develop and maintain automation for builds, test, data analysis and reporting.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
  • 2+ years requirement modeling and MIL development experience.
  • 2+ years of experience with Matlab/Simulink tools
  • 1+ years of experience with Software Configuration Management & Version Control tools (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket) within collaborative software development environments.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience integrating plant dynamics models with embedded controller software (MIL / SIL environments) for automotive chassis, vehicle dynamics, or related mechatronic subsystems (e.g., Braking, Steering, Suspension, or Powertrain).

Even better, you may have...
  • MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • Familiarity with Embedded Tester, dSPACE, ECU-Test and Vector tools
  • Experience with Software Configuration Management Systems (e.g. Git)
  • Experience developing automation scripts and GUI applications (e.g. python, Matlab, C++, C#, Java)
  • Experience with using CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins/Github Actions
  • Demonstrated experience in building plant and controller models for automotive systems (e.g. Braking, Steering and Suspension)
  • Demonstrated experience in Vehicle CAN Network
  • Demonstrated experience in system dynamics modeling using first principles and in using tools like CarSim or CarMaker

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 6 and ranges from $85,400-$143,200.
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: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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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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Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
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$127.1 billion
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