Product Development Verification and Validation Engineer

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: 

Product Development Verification and Validation Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Allen Park, Michigan). Position reports to Allen Park, MI office. Telecommuting permitted in accordance with company policy, but must live within commuting distance of stated office. Develop and refine design validation methods for ensuring proper feature-level performance. Create system, software, and diagnostic requirements, and relevant specifications. Write, test, debug software models. Design and develop testing toolchain, and automations for feature and software verification and validation. Plan and execute design verification plans to ensure proper feature-level performance. Sign-off on feature-level performance and will plan and execute real-world evaluations to identify system problems and issues. Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal and external suppliers and will integrate and configure models and other software packages with a variety of production and other hardware to enable preproduction feature-level verification. Ensure system designs, functional safety, and other deliverables. 

You'll have... 

A bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, automotive engineering, or a related field and 1 year of experience in the position offered or 1 year of experience innovating, designing, developing, and launching system components. Also requires 1 year of experience developing product and process requirements; performing product quality assurance; writing MATLAB Scripts, Simulink models, dSpace, or National Instrument; using CAN tools to collect and diagnose vehicle communication data between different electronic modules; and developing, debugging, testing, or implementing control algorithms. 

We are offering a salary of $78,450.00 - $187,024.68/yr. 

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

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.

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