
ADAS Help Me Drive Verification & Validation Engineer
Ford · Dearborn, MI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $67k–$175k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Ford (automotive) in Dearborn, MI. You will collaborate with research engineers, user experience teams, designers, hardware and software developers to define, develop, and verify the customer-facing attributes and performance capabilities of ADAS features.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Robotics
- Base pay
- $67k–$175k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $78k–$149k. This one lists $67k–$175k.
Median of the low and high ends of 17 live postings that list pay, out of 53 quality engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 52 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $86k–$149k, from 16 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 72%
- FMEA 51%
- PPAP 47%
- Control plans 45%
- SPC 43%
- New product launch 40%
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This plant: Ford in Dearborn
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requirements
and specifications (including functional safety) for features like Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Centering Assist, Lane Keeping, Driver Monitoring, BlueCruise (hands free driving), automated lane change and lane biasing and validate them according to the systems engineering model. As an V&V Engineer, you will collaborate with research engineers, user experience teams, designers, hardware and software developers to define, develop, and verify the customer-facing attributes and performance capabilities of ADAS features. You will also develop new verification methods and work with vehicle, hardware-in-the-loop, model-in-the-loop and other advanced testing methodologies to validate your feature.
What you'll do...
- ✓Develop, refine, and execute design validation methods to ensure proper ADAS HMD feature performance at the component, system, and vehicle level across a variety of environmental and cross-carline noise factors.
- ✓Complete sign off of feature performance for ADAS HMD features
- ✓Lead / support the development of verification plans and verification methods
- ✓Support upgrades and enhancements to ADAS HMD features, by working closely with feature owners to design/execute model changes, regression testing, and test vectors, review data, identify issues, and interact with suppliers.
- ✓Support the development of data analysis techniques and methods from feature performance data generated by both track and real-world validation methods.
- ✓Closely coordinate with feature development engineers to support execution of design verification plans to ensure proper feature-level performance.
- ✓Collaborate with global functional partners to meet system and vehicle level performance
requirements
- ✓Cascade system-level
requirements
to functional partners
- ✓Lead/support the development and sign-off of ADAS features on vehicle programs
- ✓Support feature calibration studies to satisfy vehicle-level performance
requirements
- ✓Develop MATLAB and CAN tools for data collection and analysis
- ✓Identify opportunities to utilize HiL and CAE methods for feature calibration and performance verification
- ✓Plan and execute real-world evaluations of ADAS features via vehicle/HIL/virtual testing and identify system problems and issues
- ✓Support and coordinate root-cause analysis with internal functions and external suppliers to ensure delivered system achieves feature
requirements
- ✓Benchmark competitors and monitor public domain
requirements
You'll bring...
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- ✓Experience developing/testing features in using radars, cameras, lidars, ultrasonic sensors, or other related vehicle systems (body, electrical, chassis, powertrain)
- ✓Familiarity with actuators and control systems
Even better, you may have...
- ✓Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics, Software, Computer Science, AI, Systems Engineering, Product Development or a related field.
- ✓Experience applying Systems Engineering principles
- ✓Experience with robotic verification and testing methods
- ✓Troubleshooting experience with electromechanical systems
- ✓Experience with differential GPS equipment
- ✓Experience using typical automotive interfaces: CAN, CANFD, Autosar, Auto-Ethernet, etc.
- ✓Experience using Vector CANape, CANalyzer and dSPACE Controls Desk or similar tools
- ✓Analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- ✓Exposure to vehicle attributes development (e.g. vehicle dynamics, steering/chassis systems, etc.)
- ✓Experience in project management and/or an integration role
- ✓Experience with failure mode analysis techniques
- ✓Experience leading the validation and verification of ADAS sensing systems
- ✓Experience with computer vision & radar tracking of humans, vehicles, static roadway obstacles or other typical road objects.
- ✓Experience with computer vision detection & tracking of signs, lights, lanes and other key artifacts.
- ✓Experience reviewing, categorizing, and analyzing field data to determine error states / failure modes.
- ✓Experience with Matlab/Simulink
- ✓Experience with model-based design methods in Simulink for creation/development and enhancement of current/new features.
- ✓Experience in verification techniques (design verification methods, vehicle data acquisition/analysis)
- ✓Experience with virtual validation methods (HIL/MIL/SIL)
- ✓Strong leadership skills, passion for quality, passion to improve customer satisfaction
- ✓Good communications and project management skills
- ✓Strong oral & written skills
- ✓Ability to work both independently and take initiative when necessary
- ✓Strong teamwork & interpersonal skills
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 disco
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