Senior Integration and Test Engineer - Build and Commissioning - Travel Required

ai ) is building the future of Ford’s autonomy roadmap to make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. Bringing this vision to scale, our fully in-house developed hands-free ADAS platform will debut on Ford’s all-new Universal Electric Vehicle in 2027. When you join the Latitude team, you’ll work alongside leading experts across machine learning and robotics, cloud platforms, mapping, sensors and compute systems, test operations, systems and safety engineering – all dedicated to redefining the relationship between people and their vehicles for millions of customers.

As a Ford Motor Company subsidiary, we operate independently to develop automated driving technology at the speed of a technology startup. , and Palo Alto, Calif. Meet the team: The Systems, Integration, and Test - Build and Commissioning team is a cross functional team focused on all aspects of integrating Latitude AI technology into Ford Motor Company vehicles.

We support the manufacturing of vehicles and lead integration activities to achieve initial on-road capabilities. This includes working internally, as well as with Ford and other partners, to architect, design, build, and test electrical and mechanical vehicle modifications necessary to enable Latitude AI technology development. Our team also focuses on software and software interfaces to allow for control and integration of actuation, body functions, displays and other necessary platform based functionality.

Finally, we lead integration activities across calibration, perception, motion planning, and motion controls to ensure initial capabilities are established and scalable across our entire fleet of vehicles.

What You’Ll Do

: Support design, manufacturing, modification, and testing of prototype and production vehicles to ensure vehicles are fully performant prior to entering and throughout operation Provide guidance during manufacturing and support end-of-line testing at manufacturing sites to ensure vehicles are built and configured according to specification Perform troubleshooting on hardware, software, and electrical issues directly or remotely to enable initial vehicle handoff and ongoing vehicle operation by Latitude fleet operations personnel Work with technical program management and leadership teams to plan, document, and report on vehicle build and commissioning status, escalating issues and coordinating handoff to customers Work with cross functional stakeholders from Latitude, Ford, and other partners, including hardware engineers, software developers, and technicians Travel to OEM and partner sites to accomplish above tasks What you'll need to succeed: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD) Ability to produce and interpret electrical schematics and mechanical designs Experience with vehicle prototyping and modification, with a focus on electrical and mechanical modifications to support driver assistance or autonomy development Experience with developing and executing procedures for configuration and checkout of sensors and compute systems Experience with performing troubleshooting and root cause analysis of failures within complex systems Strong communication capabilities - ability to communicate well with individuals with varying levels of technical background; ability to scope communication appropriately for a given audience Experience with vehicle manufacturing and new program launch support Ability to travel to Ford Manufacturing plants for extended periods and work with minimal direct supervision

Nice To Have

: Experience with Linux operating environment Experience with automotive CAN and Ethernet communication protocols and associated test tools Experience with JIRA and other program management