ADAS Systems Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering team explores new vehicle and societal innovations that require some level of invention before they can be applied to our products and services. We deliver ways to make smarter vehicles and innovate using sustainable, environmentally, and socially responsible methods and materials. Since 2000, we have used twelve industry- and world-first plant-based materials in our production vehicles. We also are researching the possible use of tomato skin, bamboo, agave fiber, dandelion roots, algae, and coffee chaff as part of our ambitious goal of making our vehicles with up to 20 percent sustainable material by 2025.

What you’ll be able to do: 

Develop system and subsystem level design, interfaces and specifications to support instrumentation and integration plans for future sensor/feature testing within fleet vehicles. Integrate and configure models and other software packages with a variety of production and other in-vehicle hardware to enable early feature-level in-vehicle verification. Design, install and use in-vehicle testing and data acquisition tools to assess feature performance. Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal and external suppliers to ensure accurate performance of ADAS features, instrumentation and data acquisition systems on fleet vehicles. Perform and document system-level feature prove-out of development vehicles to support feature testing and mileage accumulation activities. Understand needs from various feature teams to be able to identify needs for future fleet and instrumentation updates. Investigate and integrate new remote sensing technologies and data collection systems to improve feature testing and validation capability.

ADAS Systems Engineer positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI).

You'll have... 

• Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in computer science, engineering or a related field 
• Requires 6 months of experience in the position offered or 6 months of experience analyzing and validating automotive electronics and driver assistance features using radars, cameras, LIDAR’s or ultrasonic sensors. 
• Also requires 6 months of experience using CAN Vector tools to debug and resolve vehicle-related issues.
• Employee reports to office in Dearborn, MI. Position may work from home, but must live within commuting distance of stated office.  
• Experience may be, but need not be, acquired concurrently.

We are offering a salary of $130,377 to $202,724 per year.

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://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/OL-2024-new-hire-benefits-summary-LL6.pdf

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 committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive conside