Staff Embedded Controls Engineer

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Ford Motor
Full time
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USA
11/14/2026
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Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities

Create and implement math- and physics-based control strategies for lateral and longitudinal vehicle dynamics and other vehicle motion functions.
Define functions and interfaces with suppliers and integrate third-party components into a centralized vehicle motion control system.
Collaborate with software integration, electrical hardware, systems, and sourcing teams to bring up core functions and communicate software-level requirements.
Participate in functional safety analyses of complex vehicle subsystems.
Develop test plans and execute testing to validate firmware functionality, stability, and performance.
Author subsystem block diagrams and lead subsystem reviews throughout vehicle program development phases.
Capture component-level requirements, provide technical expertise in sourcing discussions, and collect and approve Device Transmittals.
Perform hardware validation, lab-car testing, hardware bring-up, system debugging, and unit, SIL, and HIL test automation.
Create and execute component-level test procedures and own the resulting test data.

Requirements

Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science, or equivalent experience.
At least 6 years of experience with embedded controls systems such as chassis systems, vehicle control modules, or similar dynamic functions.
At least 6 years of experience with electrical hardware applications, prototype bring-up, and systems development.
At least 6 years of experience with vehicle network protocols including CAN, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet.
At least 6 years of experience with C, Python, Git, Bazel, CANape, and RTOS.
Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, power supplies, and other electrical test equipment.
At least 4 years of experience using embedded networking interface tools in automotive, aerospace, or a similar field.
Working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, battery technologies, software and hardware tool development, motor calibration, OBD calibration, functional safety, networking, and diagnostics processes.
Experience creating and executing component-level test procedures and owning test results.
Preferred experience with hill hold, stability controls, anti-lock braking, park assist, cruise control, adaptive cruise control, or similar vehicle-dynamics features.
Preferred experience with SCons, CMake, PCB hardware analysis tools, Python testing scripts, software design and maintainability, hardware bring-up, system debugging, code optimization, circuit analysis, and circuit design.

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, subsidized backup childcare, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, and fertility treatment benefits.
Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members, including management leases.
Tuition assistance and employee resource groups.
Paid time off for individual and team community service, paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Hybrid work arrangement; candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub may be required onsite four or more days per week.

Salary: $150k - $284k/yr

Ford Motor

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