In this position…
What you’ll receive in return: As part of this exciting program, you’ll enjoy a high level of involvement with an exceptional team of industry innovators and visionaries. You’ll contribute in a meaningful way to our important, breakthrough work. And you’ll develop the skills that will give you a significant edge in your future career pursuits. If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of driver assistance systems, we’d love to have you join us.
Responsibilities
What you’ll do…
• Leverage advanced technology to redefine the future of mobility, solve real human problems, and improve people’s lives.
• Grow your expertise and analytical skills through collaboration with a global, cross-functional team, exposure to new technology and tools used to improve vehicles and customer experience.
• Collaborate with features Subject Matter Experts, user experience teams, and functional partners to deliver to vehicle program milestones
• Lead development and execution of design verification testing plan and sign-off.
• Leverage connected data to identify, triage, and resolve quality/warranty concerns
• Develop a cross-functional network, meet professionals at all levels of the company, and participate in networking and social activities with other FCGs.
• Define, design, develop and deploy Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features and their supporting platforms
• Use agile, test-driven development principles to ensure quality, on-time delivery
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional stakeholders and a balanced team of developers to deliver projects and features
• Work with a mentor to develop a rotational plan tailored to experiences that match your career interests with the needs of the team
Qualifications
You’ll have…
• Pursuit of a relevant Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics or a related technical field
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)
• Analytical and creative problem-solving skills
• Must be available to work full time during the summer of 2026 season
• Flexibility in work location; most work assignments will be located in SE Michigan
Even better, you may have…
• Experience in project management and/or an integration role, leading and directing other team members.
• General knowledge or experience, preferably in developing features in the Driver Assistance domain, using radars, cameras, lidars, ultrasonic sensors and other related vehicle systems (body, electrical, chassis, powertrain)
• Familiarity with actuators and control systems
• Exposure to vehicle attributes development (Vehicle Dynamics, NVH, Package, Performance/FE, etc.)
• Proven technical skills using automotive software tools (e.g., Vector CANalyzer, and CANape, dSPACE ControlDesk)
• Experience in software development methodologies, tools, standards and procedures for high quality software development such as
o Software Development: C++ & Python
o Software Modeling: MATLAB & Simulink
o Computer Vision
o Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
o Autonomous Controls
o ADAS features, testing, and data analysis
• Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering fundamentals/practices (i.e., requirements and design validation methods creation/traceability, Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEA) development, etc.) and tools (e.g., MagicDraw)
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.
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This position is a range of salary grades .
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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