Vehicle Engineer at Ford Motor Company

Wayne State University; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave & family care days

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

ERGs & community involvement

Paid holidays & time off

Job summary

Ford Racing is seeking an experienced Powertrain Calibration Engineer in Allen Park, Michigan. You will calibrate gasoline engines for professional and customer racing vehicles, map engines with multiple control systems, and develop HiL/SiL/DiL testing environments.

The role requires MATLAB/Simulink expertise, strong team collaboration, and travel readiness. A PASSPORT is required; hybrid work with onsite four days/week is noted.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical degree.
• Experience with simulation and coding in MATLAB & Simulink, development, testing, and validation of control system algorithms and calibrations
• Interest in Motorsports at a technical level
• Strong team player capable of working with multiple suppliers
• Detail oriented self-starter and problem solver
• Must hold or be eligible for a passport; travel required

Responsibilities

• Gasoline engine calibration and controls development for professional and customer racing vehicles
• Support dynamometer and track-based hardware selection and engine mapping
• Develop HiL/SiL/DiL testing environments
• Support track testing as required
• Modify production control strategies to meet vehicle attributes
• Innovate new technologies within race sanctioning boundaries

Skills

Gasoline engine calibration

MATLAB/Simulink

Team collaboration

supplier coordination

Problem solving

Passport/Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or Physics

Tools

Bosch Motorsport

Motec

AVL Puma/Concerto/Indicom

Ford production control strategies

Job description

Ford Racing is looking for an experienced, talented, and highly motivated Powertrain Calibration Engineer to join our Powertrain department, based in Allen Park, Michigan.

• Gasoline engine calibration and controls development for both professional and customer racing vehicles
• Dynamometer & track-based hardware selection support and engine mapping with multiple engine control systems such as production Ford, Bosch Motorsports, MoTeC, New Eagle, etc.
• Develop simulation environments for HiL (Hardware in the loop), SiL (Software in the loop) and DiL (Driver in the loop) testing
• Support track testing as required
• Perform modifications of production control strategies as required to meet vehicle attributes
• Innovation of new technologies allowable within the boundaries imposed by appropriate race sanctioning bodies.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical degree.
• Experience with simulation and coding in MATLAB & Simulink, development, testing, and validation of control system algorithms and calibrations
• Possess a competitive spirt, can-do attitude, and interest in professional and amateur Motorsports at a technical level
• Strong team player, ability to work with multiple suppliers, and willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with high responsibility
• Detail oriented self-starter and problem solver
• Must hold or be eligible for a passport. International and Domestic travel will be required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AVL Puma, AVL Concerto, AVL Indicom
• Experience using Bosch Motorsport, Motec, Cosworth Hardware and Software
• Experience with ATI Vision and Ford production powertrain control strategies
• Proficiency in C#, Python, MATLAB, VBA, or an equivalent programming language
• Formula SAE experience very highly preferred

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up 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 a salary grade 5 and ranges from $65,100-$109,300. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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.

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.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid