Job Description
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The Technical Expert - Steering Mechatronics Verification & Validation is responsible for leading Hardware-In-the-Loop(HIL) bench testing development and deployment for Heavy-Duty Electric Power Steering(HD-EPAS), Electric Power Assisted Steering(EPAS), and Steer-by-Wire(SbW). These electromechanical systems are Integrated Systems Products that interface with the human driver or ADAS to control the vehicle’s lateral steering motion and give the driver optimal haptic steering wheel torque feedback.
Responsibilities
In this position...
- Lead Hardware-in-the-Loop(HIL) test stands and HIL strategy for 48V Heavy-Duty Electric Power Steering(HD-EPAS), Electric Power Assisted Steering(EPAS), and Steer-by-Wire(SbW) including for the Handwheel Actuator and Roadwheel Actuator.
- Develop HIL Test Stand design, budgeting, and Capital Project procurement plan to support HD-EPAS, EPAS, and SbW.
- Spearhead overall Steering HIL effort, guiding a team of Mechatronic engineers to develop HIL tests to validate Functional Requirements, Mechatronic Operation Requirement, and Robustness Stress testing (including hardware/software interactions).
- Consider vehicle, mechanical, electrical, EMC, Functional, Software, System, and Safety requirements when developing test cases, including hardware/software systems design.
- Seek opportunities to move validation from the vehicle to the bench and improve the overall validation quality.
What You'll Do…
- Support vehicle preproduction and production quality issues including HIL test replication, root cause analysis, and ICA/PCA validation.
- Develop test stand software automation for Test Scripts, and Test result reporting, ensuring Test cases and scripts are documented in Test Methods.
- Collaborate with other Technical Experts, Subject Matter Experts, and HIL engineers to deploy the Steering HIL test strategy including growing global capability in FOM.
- Analyze and report test case coverage of Functional and Mechatronic/EE requirements striving to achieve 100% test coverage over time.
- Design, build, validate, and document HIL I/O circuits and wiring harnesses to interface HIL simulator to electronic control units and sub-system sensors and actuators.
- Design, implement, validate, and document Matlab/Simulink/Canoe models for interfacing to HIL system hardware and communication networks simulating the vehicle environment.
- Develop 48V Test plan to support testing 48V Steering Systems.
- Ensure the HIL Test benches meet all safety requirements for safe operation.
- Support vehicle prototype and production quality issues including HIL test replication, root cause analysis, and ICA/PCA validation.
- Lead team to develop program HIL test plans based on catalog of released test plans to support FDJ signoff and new System/SW releases.
- Collaborate with suppliers to ensure supplier testing meets Ford expectations for Supplier HIL testing -> “Validate the Supplier Validation.”
- Identify Requirement issues during test case creation and provide feedback to requirement owners.
- Ensure timely reporting of issues to Application teams. Support supplier issue replication.
- Manage HIL Test Bench Licenses renewal. Ensure appropriate HIL test Bench Maintenance plan.
- Support Technical Design Reviews as appropriate to confirm correct Test Method execution.
- Collaborate with Steering Controls Motion+, and other teams in Ford as needed to optimize Ford success.
- Coach, mentor, and train engineers and colleagues.
Qualifications
You'll have...
- BS Engineering- Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineering or strongly related.
- 10+ years of safety critical Automotive design experience or related Industry experience, with 6+ years of steering experience, and 3+ years of HIL testing.
- Thorough understanding of steering technology, system design and requirements.
- Advanced problem-solving skills.
- Strong leadership skills, passion for quality, passion for customer – inherent self-starter with strong drive for results.
- High technical aptitude.
- Demonstrated ability to forge productive relationships, achieve cooperation, and influence priorities of technical experts and other key partners.
- Ability to manage/resolve simultaneous challenging complex technical issues.
- Strong oral/written communication skills to lead group projects, issue resolution, and management reviews.
- Experience with Steering/Vehicle Dynamics and vehicle testing.
- Experience with CAN Networks, ECU Calibration, CAN and ECU data logging including CANape/CANalyzer/CANoe.
- Experience with developing test scripts to automate HIL testing.
- Experience data acquisition with force, torque transducers, and voltage/current measurements.
- Experience with Mechatronics system testing including torque and force system test interfaces.
- Experience in FEDE, Requirement and Test Method creation.
- Experience with ISO-14229 Diagnostics UDS Protocol, and Programming.
Even better, you may have…
- MS Engineering Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineering or strongly related.
- Experience developing HIL test benches, test cases from requirements, and test case implementation.
- Experience with Electro-mechanical Embedded systems.
- Knowledgeable in GPDS and GTDS.
- Knowledgeable in the ISO-26262 Functional Safety Standard and requirements.
- Knowledgeable in DFMEA development, analysis and Prevent and Detection.
- Action development.
- Knowledgeable in Safety Standards.
- Knowledgeable in FEDE, JAMA, Doors or Similar.
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 leadership level 6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6NonHTHD
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
