Feature Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

We bring engineering ideas to life. Ford's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) team creates innovative solutions to make the driving experience safer, easier, and more enjoyable for our customers. The new ADAS feature development team designs and develops next generation automated features from the early concept development to production launch. We are seeking professionals with a passion for bringing innovative ideas to life who can contribute to our efforts in the development of new features, sensors, ECUs, models and software. This position focuses on model based software development and simulation for 

ADAS Features.  

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical, System Engineering or related field 

• 3+ years experience with software development using MathWorks toolchain (Matlab / Simulink / Stateflow) in automotive domain or similar complex electromechanical systems 

• Master's degree in Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical, System Engineering or related field 

• 5+ years experience with software development using MathWorks toolchain (Matlab / Simulink / Stateflow) for algorithm and state machine development for ADAS applications  

• Experience with software implementation in AUTOSAR compliant framework. 

• Experience working in an Agile or V-Cycle software development environment. 

• Experience utilizing Simulink model based design to develop and verify hardware & embedded software systems. 

• Experience with ADAS and/or vehicle dynamics simulation tools (CarSim, CarMaker, monoDrive, Unreal, etc.). 

• Experience in ADAS systems or sensing or software. 

• Experience with Matlab Embedded Coder and Polyspace. 

• Initiative, resilience, a strong work ethic and a desire for continuous learning 

• Must be skilled at working in large team environments and interfacing with technical experts 

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 ranges from a salary grade 5-8 and ranges from $68,000 - $160,000.

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

Visa sponsorship is 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.

This position is hybrid (onsite four days per week). 

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• Design, develop, and deliver the feature Simulink model to meet feature level requirements and integrate within the production embedded software environment.  

• Work with a team of system, hardware, software and controls engineers to deliver concept and production level software.  

• Develop and execute test cases for MIL/SIL verification of feature model function and evaluate feature model behavior and impact on customer experience.  

• Closely coordinate with feature development engineers to support execution of design verification plans to ensure proper feature-level performance.  

• Support data resim and bench testing of feature model and algorithms to assess & improve performance of features. 

• Ensure the feature model is properly delivered to meet software delivery & program timing.  

• Work with software team to integrate and autocode feature model for production software. 

• Support the validation of interfacing system/function models with the feature model. 

• Work with tool developers to integrate feature model in larger co-simulation and ECU simulation environments.

• Work with the feature owner, hardware in the loop, simulation, and vehicle test teams to establish simulation procedures to reduce dependency on vehicle level testing.