Electrical Engineer - Model Based Design

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This position will join a small but growing team of engineers, creating Model Based Design (MBD) processes and best practices to enable ‘Concept-to-Code’ development of ‘In-Vehicle Infotainment’ (IVI) features in the next generation of Ford production vehicles. The position is in the Ford Research & Advanced Engineering division, Advanced In-Vehicle Infotainment & Connected Features organization, Software Modeling, Tools, & Process team.

The Software Modeling, Tools, & Process team manages the strategic design, architecture and deployment of software development tools, environments and processes, and modeling environments, methodologies and processes – specific to the development of IVI feature platforms for R&AEE.

• Participation in process and tool reviews to identify appropriate industry standard MBD development practices to support IVI feature prototyping in the following areas:
• System architecture & design of small to medium sized embedded systems
• System modeling and model design
• Embedded software development
• Circuit design, build, test, & analysis for embedded systems
• Partner with IVI feature development teams to support development of prototype features using MBD processes, tools and skillsets to execute functional partitioning of features:
• Capturing and documenting business, feature development and testing requirements
• Translating and architecting feature requirements into executable system designs
• Developing interfaces between objects/classes
• Specifying system level requirements
• Use auto-coding techniques to produce hardware agnostic embedded target code
• Ensure MBD systems align with production launch objectives
• Interface with IVI feature and platform launch organizations including PD EESE, Connected Vehicles & Services, and external development partners to communicate and coordinate the IVI software development & modeling process
• Ensure Forward Model teams have the necessary tools, skills and resources to deliver new features

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Information Technology, etc.)
• Prior technical experience in modeling tools, standards, and methodologies
• Experience/understanding of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and UML tools
• Familiarity with state transition diagrams and message flow diagrams
• Languages: C, C++, UML, MATLAB (.m) scripting, CANalyzer CAPL scripting (Basics)
• Preferred Skills & Background:**
• Experience in different methodologies and roles of Agile process for software development
• Ability to translate business requirements into features and user stories
• Familiarity with electrical architectures, electrical systems
• Technical understanding of prototype engineering and embedded system architectures
• Concepts: CAN, Vehicle Diagnostics Protocol (UDS), Test driven development (TDD)
• Tools: MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, Rhapsody, TargetLink, SIMUQUEST, CANalyzer, CANape, CANoe

Competency or Skills to be Gained:

• Support development of Ford future product offerings and leading edge technology to deliver connected features in the vehicle
• Partnership with the business in a high growth area - In-Vehicle Infotainment feature development
• Experience with global product rollout and managing regional complexities
• Member of a diverse team delivering innovative products with many technical interdependencies