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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.
In this position... Ford is seeking a contract Vehicle Integration Development Engineer to support vehicle systems development, prototype issue resolution, and technical solution delivery. This role is suited for an engineer who can take ambiguous technical problems, define a path forward, design and build practical solutions, and document outcomes clearly for engineering and program stakeholders.
The engineer will work with limited day-to-day direction, translate incomplete or evolving problem statements into executable work, and own assigned development activities from initial investigation through implementation, validation, and handoff.
What you'll do...
• Perform vehicle software flashing on modules, support vehicle bring-up, and debug module, network, and software issues using diagnostic tools such as Ford Campground, Ford DET, and CANalyzer. • Own development tasks from problem definition through solution design, build, validation, and documentation. • Translate incoming engineering issues, ideas, or system needs into clear technical requirements and actionable plans. • Design and implement practical engineering solutions across vehicle systems, instrumentation, diagnostics, and prototype hardware/software interfaces. • Support hands-on vehicle development activities, including troubleshooting, instrumentation, system integration, and build coordination. • Investigate technical issues by separating symptoms from root cause, identifying constraints, and recommending viable corrective actions. • Develop and maintain clear engineering documentation, including requirements, design intent, build notes, test findings, fitment results, issue logs, and open items. • Coordinate with engineering teams, technicians, suppliers, and program stakeholders to close technical gaps and move work forward. • Communicate status, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed in a concise and timely manner. • Ensure completed work can be understood, repeated, maintained, or transitioned by other engineers or technicians. • Identify when issues require escalation, additional resources, or program-level decisions.
You'll have...
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Experience in vehicle development, prototype engineering, test engineering, systems engineering, diagnostics, or related technical development work. • Demonstrated ability to take an undefined or partially defined technical problem and develop a solution approach. • Hands-on experience with vehicle systems, instrumentation, diagnostics, data acquisition, controls, electrical systems, mechanical integration, or prototype builds. • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across mechanical, electrical, software, or vehicle system interfaces. • Ability to create clear, usable engineering documentation for future reference, build repeatability, validation, or issue closure. • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to manage open issues, track decisions, and follow work through completion. • Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain status, risks, technical findings, and next steps clearly.
Even better, you may have... • Experience with chassis, braking, suspension, vehicle controls, diagnostics, data logging, or retrofit/modification work. • Familiarity with CAN, vehicle networks, diagnostic tools, data acquisition systems, or vehicle instrumentation. • Experience supporting prototype vehicles, mule vehicles, engineering fleet modifications, or test assets. • Ability to work directly with technicians, fabrication teams, test teams, and design engineers to develop and implement solutions. • Experience creating installation documentation, validation summaries, fitment reports, issue tracking documentation, or engineering handoff materials. • Familiarity with Ford engineering processes, vehicle development environments, or program delivery expectations.
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 and ranges from $138,800-$232,700. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
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