Passive Safety Systems Integration Engineer

Ford; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, and drug

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Passive Safety Systems Integration Engineer in Palo Alto, CA. This hybrid role requires residence within commuting distance to the worksite. You will support integration of passive safety components, design HIL environments, and develop software features across hardware and cross-functional teams.

The position emphasizes crash safety analyses, supplier software testing, and vehicle packaging alignment. Domestic/international travel up to 20% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems Engineering, Automotive Engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of experience with each of the following skills: failure analysis and hardware systems debug using Canalyzer, PEAK Software, Oscilloscope, Multimeter, and Unix commands.
• 2 years of experience with Jira to track project timelines and milestones.

Responsibilities

• Support integration for passive safety components and develop HIL environments.
• Design passive safety software vehicle features and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Develop detailed electrical device transmittals and own documentation until production.
• Participate in crash safety, functional safety and failure analysis activities.
• Manage supplier software testing and integrate into the vehicle software package.
• Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Skills

Failure analysis

CI/CD pipelines

CAN

LIN

UDS ISO 14229

Jira

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer/Embedded Engineering

Tools

Capital Wiring Designer

Falstad

Miro

Jama

Confluence

DB C++

Jira

Job description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods, you’ll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We’re seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life.We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

What you’ll be able to do:

Passive Safety Systems Integration Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Palo Alto, California). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Support the integration efforts for various electrical passive safety components, such as the restraints control module, pressure sensors, OCS, etc. Design passive safety HIL environments and conduct validation tests to prove sub-system readiness prior to vehicle launch. Develop the passive safety related Software vehicle features and work with the hardware, software, architecture, safety and other cross-functional teams to deliver said features. Work with the design and development engineers throughout the engineering organization to ensure passive safety components have appropriate vehicle packaging, electrical requirements and communication interface definition to achieve their specific vehicle functions. Develop detailed electrical device transmittals for various passive safety components and own the document until production. Participate in crash safety, functional safety and failure avoidance analysis of complex electrical and software vehicle subsystems (HARA, FMEAs, etc.). Report feature development progress and maturity at various program milestones. Support vehicle crash instrumentation design and planning to maximize test data quality and throughput. Manage supplier SW testing and integrate into the vehicle SW package. Domestic and International Travel Required up to 20%.

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems Engineering, Automotive Engineering or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Performing failure analysis and hardware systems debug to solve complex technical issues that arise during vehicle bring-up using Canalyzer, PEAK Software, Oscilloscope, Multimeter, and Terminal commands in unix enviroment. 2. Hardware and Software interaction, including usage of Automotive Communication stack, CAN, LIN, Ethernet and Unified Diagnostics Services (UDS – ISO 14229). 3. Stress testing, smoke testing, regression, fault injection testing, extended tests, and integration testing with safety critical automotive electronics. 4. Using Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure that changes are incorporated into shipping software via Jenkins and deployed to the vehicle fleet correctly. 5. Sensors development with automotive or aerospace applications, including filter design, calibration planning, and electrical/mechanical integration. 6. Reading and developing automotive electrical schematics, device transmittals, and electrical interfaces including Capital Wiring Designer, Falstad, and Miro. 7. Automotive industry experience writing Hardware and Software requirements for contracted vendors to meet the vehicle product specifications using Jama, Confluence, DBC++, Microsoft Word and Excel, and Miro. 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:1. Using Jira to track project and program timelines and milestones, including collaborating and assigning tasks to external vendors.

We are offering a salary of$160,000.08 - $205,900.08/yr.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.