Senior Chassis Test Engineer

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Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

• Create, plan and execute tests for chassis control systems, focusing on vehicle dynamics, safety, and reliability.
• Conduct vehicle testing, including ride and handling evaluations, stability assessments, and performance tuning, using data acquisition and analysis tools.
• Support Software Integration engineers with software bring up of new platforms and prototypes to build familiarity for quick in field root cause analysis of issues.
• Collaborate with the Chassis Controls Engineering team to define test requirements, methods, and success criteria for chassis systems.
• Verify vehicle responses to functional safety assumptions and help validate driver reactions to system faults or degraded conditions (important for ISO 26262 compliance).
• Support the setup and operation of a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing environment, including integrating and testing chassis control modules.
• Instrument test vehicles with sensors, data loggers, and other equipment, ensuring accurate data collection on chassis control performance.
• Analyze test data and generate detailed reports, providing insights and recommendations for system improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with test setups, including vehicle instrumentation and HIL systems.
• Travel to test locations to conduct track and road testing, as well as support prototype vehicle development.
• Document test procedures, results, and findings in a clear and organized manner, contributing to the overall knowledge base and best practices for chassis control systems.
• Stay informed on industry trends, new testing technologies, and best practices in vehicle dynamics and control systems testing.

You'll have...
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in vehicle testing, data acquisition, and analysis, particularly with chassis control systems (e.g., steering, braking, suspension).
• Familiarity with vehicle dynamics concepts and testing methods, including ride and handling evaluations.
• Proficiency with data acquisition tools and software (e.g., CANalyzer, CANoe, MATLAB, Simulink).
• Understand how system failures (e.g., EPAS assist loss) influence driver controllability.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience in data analysis and interpretation.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel for testing activities as required.

Even better, you may have...
• Experience with HIL testing and simulation tools (e.g., dSPACE, National Instruments).
• Software scripting experience (Python or similar) preferred
• Experience with vehicle testing, racing and/or at limit driving
• Proving Ground driving certification

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 8.
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