Controls Research Engineer: Gasoline & Hybrid Powertrains

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

Parental leave

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Flexible holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Controls Research Engineer to develop control systems for gasoline and hybrid powertrains, including MPC, adaptive and optimal control, with embedded C in real-time controllers. You will build models, run simulations, and validate engine control systems.

You will perform vehicle and dynamometer testing, analyze data, design experiments, and work with HIL/SIL/MIL teams. Strong MATLAB/Simulink, signal processing, and AI-assisted design are valued.

Qualifications

• Requires a master’s or foreign equivalent degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or a related engineering field.
• 3 years of experience performing control design and modeling for mechanical or electrical systems.
• 3 years of experience performing control development and systems analysis with Matlab and Simulink.
• 3 years of experience performing data analysis for mechanical or electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform vehicle and dynamometer based testing to collect required data.
• Develop Vehicle and gasoline engine test plans.
• Perform data analysis.
• Develop requirements.
• Perform system engineering analysis including identification of critical noise factors.
• Design and execute test plans to evaluate controller robustness to noise factors.
• Design control systems design to meet requirements.
• Leverage existing models or develop new models to establish system behavior and physics.
• Implement control system into embedded C software.
• Work with HIL/SIL/MIL teams to test software and design ability to meet requirements.
• Perform version control of software releases in clear case and or GitHub.
• Design and set up experimental control systems for example D-Space, ATI 'no-hooks', micro autobox, speedgoat.
• Specify instrumentation for experimental vehicle and dynamometer test set ups.
• Develop tools and documentation to aid calibration of new control system designs.
• Leverage artificial intelligence to help achieve efficiency in designs and how work is performed.
• Presentations to senior management and subject matter experts articulating designs and performance to requirements

Skills

Control design

Model Predictive Control

Adaptive Control

Optimal Control

Signal processing

Matlab/Simulink

C programming

AI in controls

HIL/SIL/MIL

Engine calibration

Education

Master's degree in mechanical/electrical/aerospace engineering

PhD considered

Tools

ClearCase

GitHub

Embedded tooling

Job description

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Controls Research Engineer to develop control systems for gasoline and hybrid powertrains, including MPC, adaptive and optimal control, with embedded C in real-time controllers. You will build models, run simulations, and validate engine control systems.

You will perform vehicle and dynamometer testing, analyze data, design experiments, and work with HIL/SIL/MIL teams. Strong MATLAB/Simulink, signal processing, and AI-assisted design are valued.