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Senior Embedded Controls Engineer, Body Controls at Ford Global

Department: Research and Advance Engineering

Compensation · Listed in posting

$138,800 – $232,700/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
Palo Alto, California
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Ford is hiring an Embedded Controls Software Engineer for its Body Controls team to design, implement, validate, and integrate firmware and control software for vehicle body systems such as seats, tailgates, windows, latches, wipers, mirrors, sensing systems, lighting, and low-voltage motor-driven systems. The role owns firmware from prototype through production, develops control and estimation algorithms, leads hardware bring-up and validation, applies functional safety principles, and collaborates with hardware, software, architecture, systems, and program teams. Candidates need a relevant engineering degree, at least five years of production-grade C and embedded systems experience, RTOS and bare-metal experience, vehicle network knowledge, electrical testing experience, and experience with embedded networking tools. The position is hybrid, offers visa sponsorship, and pays $138,800-$232,700.

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