Vehicle Controls Engineering Process Tools Technical Specialist

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 132,800 - 180,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Dearborn, Michigan, seeks a Software Engineer to co-lead the design and implementation of software for control systems. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s in a relevant field and in-depth C programming skills in an embedded environment. Your role involves developing user interfaces, providing worldwide user support, and documenting software changes. The position offers a salary range of $132,800–$180,800 with comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, family care days, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• In-depth experience with the C language and data structures.
• Experience developing applications in a Unix environment.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP sockets and inter-process communication.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead software design and implementation for control systems tools.
• Provide user support globally through various communication methods.
• Document changes in user manuals and other media.

Skills

C language in embedded control systems

Unix environment development

Postgres database and SQL

Graphical user interfaces in Unix

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

In this role you will be co‑leading the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and support of software changes to Ford‑developed control systems tools under the direction of the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, code, and test planned changes to software tools alongside the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist.
• Follow company policies and local change control process to bring approved changes to resolution.
• Provide user support across the globe using phone, email, instant messaging, and one‑on‑one interactions, including in‑house tools for powertrain controls planning, software build and release, calibration management, and calibration release tools.
• Provide user account creation, maintenance, and access controls in user‑interfacing tools.
• Co‑lead conformance and upgrades of existing Powertrain Controls Servers and company‑required software to Enterprise Technologies standards.
• Participate in the development and delivery of training material to world‑wide Ford community.
• Partner with Enterprise Technology as architect/product owner to leverage additional resources.
• Document changes in the appropriate user manuals and other media.
• Participate in user forum meetings.

Qualifications

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• In‑depth experience with the C language in an embedded control systems environment.
• Must have in‑depth and working experience with C language data structures, structs, unions, pointers, bit manipulation techniques, file I/O, hash tables, recursion, and recursive descent parsing.
• In‑depth experience developing applications in a Unix environment, including makefiles, gdb, bash, editing, setuid, and process fork.
• In‑depth experience developing graphical user interfaces in a Unix environment, using X‑windows and Motif.
• Working experience with Postgres database, table record creation, and SQL.
• In‑depth experience with TCP/IP sockets, creating daemons, inter‑process communication, semaphores, file locking.
• Working experience with code configuration management, Jira issue management, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of industry standard file formats including ASAM e.V A2L, Intel H32, Motorola S‑records.
• Knowledge of GTK+, Wayland, Builder Xcessory.
• Knowledge of control system software and calibration development including ATI/Vision, ETAS/Inca.

Benefits & Compensation

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new‑parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized backup child care and more.
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800–$180,800.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.