Software Engineer - Functional Safety Software for Motor Controls

Ford Motor Company is transforming the future of transportation with its Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design team. They are seeking a motivated embedded software engineer to develop functional safety software for motor controls, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with teams to ensure compliance with safety standards.

Responsibilities:

• Apply ISO 26262 to develop functional safety software for motor controls
• Develop and maintain functional safety software calibration
• Design and execute test methods to validate functional safety software using HIL and SIL
• Assist in the troubleshooting of functional safety software and calibration issues, both in development and in production
• Support interface requirement specification development
• Collaborate with the functional safety teams to ensure requirement traceability
• Support low-level driver integration and troubleshooting
• Support bench testing validation of each new low-level driver package
• Support all motor controls software release processes
• Create and execute data post-processing scripts
• Support motor controls software testing in HIL, dynamometer lab and vehicle
• Propose technical solutions to both functional safety and motor controls issues

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science, or related degree, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 5+ years of experience in Embedded C, Python, and Matlab
• 3+ years of experience with motor controls software is a plus
• 1+ years of experience with ISO 26262 is a plus
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple tasks
• Understanding of Hybrid Vehicle operation is a plus