Product Development Engineer

Ultra Capacitor Module Core SW Engineer

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Position Overview

The Ultra Capacitor Modules (UCMs) are critical components of Ford’s next-generation low-voltage power networks, enabling rapid energy storage, peak power shaving, start-stop support, and power network stabilization.

As the UCM Core SW Engineer, you will lead the end-to-end elicitation, definition, and management of system and software requirements for the UCM. You will serve as the technical bridge between vehicle-level feature owners, functional safety teams, hardware designers, and Tier 1 suppliers to ensure the module meets Ford's rigorous performance, safety, and quality standards.

What you will be able to do

This position provides a unique and challenging engineering experience combining power electronics, energy storage technology, functional safety, and supplier program management. You will:

• Lead Requirements Elicitation & Management: Own the development of detailed software-level interface and functional specifications for the UCM in JAMA, ensuring full traceability from vehicle-level requirements down to module interfaces.

• Support Key UCM Functions: Establish requirements for core module features, including cell balancing, State of Charge (SoC), State of Health (SoH), thermal management, and power electronics control algorithms.

• Manage Supplier Integration: Work closely with Full-Service Suppliers (FSS) to explain requirements, review technical proposals, manage the Statement of Work (SOW)/RFQ packages, and control requirement change-management.

• Drive Functional Safety & Cyber Security: Collaborate with safety specialists to implement ISO 26262 requirements, including Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), Functional Safety Requirements (FSR), and Technical Safety Requirements (TSR).

• Manage Network & Diagnostic Interfaces: Manage communication (CAN, LIN), and diagnostic (UDS) interfaces for the UCM.

• Coordinate Cross-Functional Reviews: Conduct software design and requirement reviews with interfacing Ford activities, Module Hardware, Power Net Controls, and supplier engineering.

• Support Validation & Testing: Align subsystem-level validation plans and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, with the defined requirements to ensure complete coverage.

• Agile Collaboration: Facilitate effective collaboration between JIRA Saga owners, product owners, and supplier software teams to ensure efficient and timely software delivery across programs.

The minimum requirements we seek

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science
• 5+ years of experience in the automotive industry 
• Strong knowledge of Embedded software, Electronics, Systems Engineering and functional specifications

Our preferred requirements

• M.S. in electrical engineering or computer science
• 3+ years of experience with software development
• 3+ years of experience developing software or system level requirements
• Experience with Software program management
• Experience with MS Office, Vector tools such as CANalyzer, use of an oscilloscope and other troubleshooting tools; experience with Ford product development system applications is a plus (WERS, AVBOM, PPM Audit, Digital Buck, Team Center, Integrator)

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 a salary grade 6 and ranges from $85,400-$143,200., This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99,600-$156,600., This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $115,000-$162,900. 

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

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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