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