Job Description

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.

The Vehicle Architecture and DAT Engineering Organization designs, develops and validates state-of-the-art vehicle-level driver assist technologies or features such as Adaptive Cruise Control, Pre-Collision Assist with AEB, Ford Co-Pilot 360 and assist technologies.

We are looking for a highly skilled and energetic design and release application engineer for DAT (Driver Alert Technology) systems. You will integrate and implement DAT features on new and upcoming vehicles lines. You will develop innovative concepts and integrate those concepts into feasible and efficient design. As an application engineer, you will collaborate with variety of cross- functional teams from product inception to the vehicle launch as well as lead quality and warranty of your components after the launch of the product.

What you’ll be able to do:

Lead Electrical Active Safety D&R and Application work on multiple Programs.
Lead component packaging and integration of Active Safety radar and camera on multiple vehicle lines
Lead systems sourcing effort with finance and purchasing to engage suppliers.
Ensure Programs’ deliverables are met on time and with the highest quality. This includes: AVBOM, Packaging/Digital Buck, DPA Checks, WERS, eFDVS, Subsystem/Supplier work plans, DVP&R, Engineering Signoff, etc.
Develop work plans and lead resolution of Active Safety implementation and validation related issues.
Lead Design Validation and Production Validation for components and Driver Assist features.
Support prototype vehicle builds and production vehicle launches.
Lead current production/assembly plant issues associated with ADAS features/parts.
Occasional travel to Assembly plants to support vehicle launch and production issues.
Lead quality and warranty analysis of production vehicles.
Track and manage program deliverables and signoffs.
Manage test vehicles and vehicle test requests from feature owners.
Create and maintain detailed test plan for DAT features.
Receive, coordinate and prep test vehicles (instrumentation and logistics for DAT testing).
Coordinate Software updates for fleet vehicles for all interfacing modules.

The minimum requirements we seek:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Control systems engineering
1+ years of experience in Driver Assist Systems design, and development.
1+ years of experience with radar and camera packaging, and development.

Our preferred requirements:

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Control systems engineering
Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
Ability to quickly learn the job and self-lead the D&R Application work for Active Safety Radar and Camera systems on Programs.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Ability to interface with cross-functional teams and champion issue resolution to get the job done.
Familiarity with Ford Product Development tools or equivalent: eFDVS, VSEM, WERS, FSMS, AIMS, AVBOM, etc.
Understanding of Vehicle Architecture and communication.
Ability to use tools: DET, CANalyzer, CANoe.
Highly motivated, extremely proactive, and attention to details.

What you’ll receive in return:

As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we’d love to have you join us.

Visa sponsorship may be available for this position