Vehicle Controls Engineering Process Tools Technical Specialist

About the role

This role involves co-leading the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and support of software changes to Ford-developed control systems tools under the direction of the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, code, and test planned changes to software tools alongside the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist.
• Follow company policies and local change control process to bring approved changes to resolution.
• Provide user support across the globe using phone, email, Instant Messaging, and 1/1 interactions. Includes in-house tools for powertrain controls planning, software build and release, calibration management, and calibration release tools.
• Provide user account creation, maintenance, and access controls in user-interfacing tools.
• Co-lead conformance and upgrades of existing Powertrain Controls Servers and Company required software to Enterprise Technologies standards.
• Participate in the development and delivery of training material to worldwide Ford community.
• Partner with Enterprise Technology as architect/product owner to leverage additional resources.
• Document changes in the appropriate user manuals and other media.
• Participate in User Forum meetings.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• In-depth experience with the C-language, in support of an embedded control systems environment.
• In-depth and working experience with C language data structures, struct, union, pointers, bit manipulation techniques, file read/write, hash tables, recursion, and recursive decent parsing.
• In-depth experience developing applications in a Unix environment, including make-files, gdb, bash, editing, setuid, and process fork.
• In-depth experience developing Graphical User Interfaces in a Unix environment, using X-windows and Motif.
• Working experience with Postgres database, table record creation, and SQL.
• In-depth experience with TCP/IP Sockets, creating Daemons, inter-process communication, semaphores, file locking.
• Working experience of Code Configuration Management, Jira Issue Management. Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of industry standard file formats including ASAM e.V A2L, Intel H32, Motorola S-records.
• Knowledge of GTK+, Wayland, Builder Xcessory.
• Knowledge of control system software and calibration development including ATI/Vision, ETAS/Inca.