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Vehicle Controls Engineering Process Tools Technical Specialist

Job ID
61409

Overview

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  • Job Type: Full time
  • Work Type: Hybrid

Vehicle Controls Engineering Process Tools Technical Specialist

Job ID
61409

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 include:

  • Design, develop, code, and test planned changes to software tools along-side 

    with 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 1/1 interactions. Includes 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.

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 support of an embedded control systems environment.

  • Must have in-depth and working experience with C language data structures, struct, union, pointers, bit manipulation techniques, file read/write, hash tables, recursion, and recursive decent parsing.

  • In-depth experience developing applications in a Unix environment, including make-files, 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 of 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.

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 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$180,800.    


For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

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.

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