Body Controls - Seats Software Design and Release Engineer
We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.
What you'll do...
This position will provide a unique and challenging engineering experience combining cross functional challenges involving Body Interior, Seat Features, software, vehicle level system performance and program management. You will:
- SW Applications Engineer for Seat Electronic Control Units.
- Lead End to End Software Delivery and system integration for Seat Electronic Control Units, including technical execution, meeting deadlines and adhering to program requirements.
- Evaluate program definition and work with feature teams to determine content and market variations
- Lead Statement of Work/RFQ package completion software integration
- Define electrical interfaces related to software and manage changes by controlling the Software release content.
- Conduct Design Reviews with interfacing Ford activities, vehicle package, Seats Core Software and supplier engineering.
- Conduct Subsystem level validation through Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) on each Software release (Subsystem and/or Vehicle)
- Lead quality/warranty analysis and corrective actions
- Lead program specific SW Failure Mode Avoidance (SW-DFMEA)
- Communicate with FSIM, PMT to support program deliverables.
- Agile Collaboration: Facilitate effective collaboration between JIRA Saga owners and the supplier software development team to ensure efficient and timely software delivery across programs.
- Cultivate Innovation and Improvement, promote a team environment that fosters innovation, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
- Provide on-site support to troubleshoot, flash, test or validate Seat Controls SW.
- Collaborate very closely with Body Interior, Seat Feature Systems Engineer, ECU HW Engineer on design, troubleshooting and quality control of the seat control system.