Senior Body Controls Systems Engineer & Integration

Ford, Inc; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx

Flexible family care days

Adoption and surrogacy support

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off for community service

Paid holidays

Additional vacation time option

Job summary

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team seeks an experienced electrical systems integration engineer for body controls. You will own cross‑domain integration from hardware to production, coordinating hardware, software, and tests across benches, labs, and vehicles.

You will lead networked subsystem integration and mentor teams worldwide. You’ll drive CAN/LIN/Ethernet networks, define interfaces, and ensure V&V across body controls such as closures, seating, lighting, switches, mirrors, and wipers.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 8+ years in automotive systems integration or electromechanical systems engineering
• Experience with CAN/LIN/Ethernet networks and diagnostics
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals and V&V planning

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end integration of body controls components from hardware spec to bench bring-up and production launch
• Own component bring-up and debug on benches and vehicles; define process and serve as technical authority
• Lead vehicle manufacturing integration and end-of-line validation for body controls
• Drive supplier software for networked body controls; review deliveries and gate release readiness
• Develop and maintain network databases and interface artifacts (DBC, LDF, ARXML)
• Define interfaces with electrical hardware and distribution teams; create boundary diagrams
• Define and execute integration and validation test plans for network and component behavior
• Support vehicle behavior decomposition into feature requirements and maintain traceability
• Mentor engineers on integration process and requirements quality
• Mentor teams on hardware reasoning and cross-domain issues

Skills

Systems integration

CAN/LIN/Ethernet

UDS diagnostics

Oscilloscopes

DMMs

Lab equipment

Cross-domain collaboration

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering

B.S. Computer Engineering

Tools

CAN/LIN/Ethernet tools

Network databases

Boundary diagrams

Job description

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team seeks an experienced electrical systems integration engineer for body controls. You will own cross‑domain integration from hardware to production, coordinating hardware, software, and tests across benches, labs, and vehicles.

You will lead networked subsystem integration and mentor teams worldwide. You’ll drive CAN/LIN/Ethernet networks, define interfaces, and ensure V&V across body controls such as closures, seating, lighting, switches, mirrors, and wipers.