Automotive System Validation & Integration Engineer

Ford-Motor-Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team seeks a System Software Integration and Validation Engineer to design, develop, and execute verification activities ensuring safety and performance of automotive software. You will build test benches, develop V&V plans, and implement automated tests while collaborating with hardware, software, and systems engineers.

Required are a Bachelor’s in EE/ME, 6+ years in automotive, and hands-on experience with CAN/LIN/Ethernet, HIL benches, and IDLs.

Qualifications

• Automotive testing instrumentation and tools experience.
• Proficiency in CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and FlexRay.
• Experience with HIL test benches (dSPACE, Vector VT).
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across HW/SW/Systems.
• Ability to drive system validation from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automotive system level test benches with a focus on automation.
• Develop verification and validation plans for automotive software systems.
• Design and execute test cases and scripts to verify functionality, performance, safety.
• Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to improve testing efficiency.
• Integrate hardware and software components to create reliable test environments.
• Lead debug with cross functional teams to identify root cause and prevent regressions.
• Collaborate with software developers, controls engineers, systems engineers on V&V strategies.
• Continuously improve testing processes and tools.
• Prepare and present detailed reports on verification activities.
• Review warranty data to identify trends and corrective actions.
• Travel up to 20% domestically/internationally.

Skills

Automotive systems

Embedded software

Control systems

Test benches

Verification and validation

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Root-cause analysis

CAN / LIN / Ethernet / FlexRay

HIL test benches

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

dSPACE

Vector VT

DBC

LDF

ARXML

Job description

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team seeks a System Software Integration and Validation Engineer to design, develop, and execute verification activities ensuring safety and performance of automotive software. You will build test benches, develop V&V plans, and implement automated tests while collaborating with hardware, software, and systems engineers.

Required are a Bachelor’s in EE/ME, 6+ years in automotive, and hands-on experience with CAN/LIN/Ethernet, HIL benches, and IDLs.