Controls Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Description :

• Develop chassis control work products to coordinate actions and functions between modules and subsystems to meet vehicle level and Feature attributes.
• Develop and refine feature and system requirements to meet customer, regulatory and functional safety needs.
• Drive decomposition of system level requirements to technology requirements across Ford's vehicle domains, including Motion Control, Propulsion, and In-Vehicle Infotainment.
• Work with Functional Safety engineers to develop and refine feature functional safety requirements, item definition, hazard analysis / risk assessment and functional safety concept incompliance with ISO-26262 / Ford Functional Safety process.
• Employ Model Based System Engineering to evaluate chassis control systems and integrate with interfacing vehicle systems.
• Develop and refine quality documents to ensure robust implementation of requirements (Boundary Diagram, FMEA, P-Diagram, Interface Matrix).
• Employ Model Based System Engineering to create and evaluate chassis control system boundary diagrams and FMEAs.
• Develop design validation methods to ensure feature robustness across all vehicle environmental conditions and customer usage.
• Develop and refine test cases to validate concept, logical and technology level requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in test coverage and test techniques to proactively find and resolve technical issues early in the product development cycle, including simulation and vehicle prototypes.
• Work with the Hardware in the Loop (HIL) and virtual validation teams to establish procedures to reduce dependence on vehicle-level testing.
• Help execute real-world evaluation via vehicle / HIL / virtual testing and identify system problems / issues.
• Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal functions and external suppliers to ensure delivered system achieves feature requirements.

Skills Required :

Education Required : Bachelor's Degree

Hybrid (4 days in office, Friday at home optional)