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Electrified Powertrain Control Systems Engineer

Ford Motor Company

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Compensation
$85–193K/yr
Location
Dearborn, MIHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Electrified Powertrain Control Systems Engineer develops control-system work products and performs system-level testing for hybrid and electric powertrains. The role analyzes vehicle communication data and diagnostics, supports functional safety and quality investigations, and reviews software implementation code. The engineer works with subject matter experts on functional design, failure modes, error states, noises, and control factors. The position is hybrid, with onsite work required four or more days per week.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

System Design, requiredControls, requiredSoftware, requiredCalibration, requiredVehicle Systems, requiredVehicle-Level Attributes, requiredPowertrain Systems, requiredElectrified Vehicles, requiredTroubleshooting, nice to haveLeadership, nice to haveQuality Improvement, nice to haveCustomer Satisfaction, nice to haveTechnical Communication, nice to haveConsensus Building, nice to haveC, nice to haveMATLAB, nice to haveSimulink, nice to haveATI, nice to haveCANalyzer, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Equivalent, required3+ Years System Design, Controls, Software or Calibration, required3+ Years Vehicle Systems or Attributes, required1+ Years Powertrain and Electrified Vehicles, requiredMaster's in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Electrified Powertrain Control Systems Engineer

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Ford’s vehicle, electric, digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization, we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles, software and experiences across gas, hybrid and electric, designed around what customers need.

What you'll do...

  • Develop Electrified Powertrain Control System work products that coordinate actions and functions between modules and subsystems to meet vehicle level and Feature attributes such as:

  • Functional requirements

  • Quality Documents (Boundary Diagrams, FMEA, P-Diagram, Interface Matrix)

  • Design Validation Method (DVM) – Test Specification

  • Design Validation Plan and Report (DVP&R) – Test Report

  • Perform System level testing in vehicle, on breadboard or using Software/Hardware in the Loop

  • Analyze vehicle CAN communication data and ECU diagnostics

  • Submit CAN Network Interface Design (NID) requests to identify CAN signals transmitted and received by the Hybrid Powertrain Control Modules (HPCM)

  • Support Functional Safety tasks where necessary

  • Support/Drive control system quality/field issue root cause investigation and issue resolution

  • The engineer will join a diverse team of subject matter experts in analyzing the functional design, failure modes, error states, noises and control factors for Hybrid and Electric powertrains.

  • Review software implementation code

Additional Growth Opportunities:

  • Perform system simulation modeling

  • Software in the Loop (SIL) testing and functional validation

  • Leverage Connected Vehicle data for product improvement insight and issue resolution.

  • Submit Invention Disclosures

  • Leverage Ford Large Language Model/Artificial Intelligence tools for task acceleration

You'll have...

  • Bachelors of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

  • 3+ years’ experience in system design, controls, software or calibration

  • 3+ years' experience with vehicle systems and/or vehicle level attributes

  • 1+ years' of experience in powertrain systems, components and electrified vehicles

Even better, you may have...

  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

  • Troubleshooting experience with mechanical, electromechanical and software systems

  • Ability to manage/resolve urgent launch/Quality concerns

  • Strong leadership skills, passion for quality, passion to improve customer satisfaction

  • Very effective ability to explain technical details and gain alignment and consensus on solutions.

  • Understanding of programing languages and tools (C , Matlab, Simulink etc)

  • Experience with data recording tools (ATI, CANalyzer)

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

  • 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

  • Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grades 6 -8 and ranges from $85,400-$$192,900., .

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.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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How this job compares

Set against the 11,649 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$85–193K/yr
  • Michigan median$100–166K/yr81 salary ranges
  • US median$115–187K/yr8,794 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $139K, is 5% above the Michigan median midpoint ($133K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 151 open Systems Engineer jobs in Michigan and 11,649 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,717 postings).
Education
4,385 of the 11,649 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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