What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vehicle Controls Engineer position at Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group?
Job Title: Vehicle Controls Engineer
Location: Dearborn MI
Duration: Long Term
Job Description:
In this role you will be assisting with the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and support of software changes to Ford in-house developed control systems tools in automotive software Calibration Data management under the direction of the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist.
Responsibilities include:
- Design, develop, code, and test planned changes to software tools along-side with the Vehicle Controls Tools Technical Specialist
- Follow section change control process to bring approved changes to resolution
- Provide user support across the globe via phone, email, Webex, Instant Messaging, and 1/1 user interactions
- Provide user account creation, maintenance, and access controls
- Participate in the development and delivery of training material to global Ford community
- Document changes in the appropriate user manuals and other media
- Participate in User Forum meetings.
Position Qualifications:
- In-depth experience with the C-language, preferably in support of an embedded control systems environment
- Must have working knowledge of C language data structures, pointers, bit manipulation techniques, file read/write, hash tables, and recursion
- Experience developing applications in a Unix environment, including make, make-files, gdb, bash, editing, setuid, and process fork
- Knowledge of industry standard file formats including ASAM e.V A2L, Intel H32, Motorola S-records.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP Sockets.
- Knowledge of Motif widget set, X-windows, Exceed Turbo-X, GTK , Builder Xcessory
- Knowledge of control system software and calibration development including ATI/Vision, ETAS/Inca
- Experience developing Graphical User Interfaces in a Unix environment
- Experience with interfacing to Postgres database and Postgres table creation.
- Working experience of Code Configuration Management, Jira Issue Management, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
- Excellent oral and written communication skills