Feature Systems Engineer at Ford
Dearborn, MI
$85,400–$192,900from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Dearborn, MI
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role on Ford's Electric Vehicles team focused on architecting and developing in-vehicle features from concept through production — covering electrical/network topologies, control strategy modeling, and BDD test automation. The position blends hardware-side systems engineering (DFMEA, functional safety, vehicle networking) with software tooling (Python, Simulink, Gherkin/Behave), and suits an engineer with automotive electrical systems experience who can work across product, program, and supplier teams.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 330–2,400
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $119,144 (middle half $81,115–$160,963). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call. The role is titled 'Feature Systems Engineer' and spans both hardware-side systems engineering (vehicle electrical architecture, DFMEA, functional safety) and software tooling (Python, Simulink, BDD/Gherkin). 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) was chosen as the best fit for a Model-Based Systems Engineering role that doesn't map cleanly to pure software development (15-1252) or a single other code; 15-1252 is a reasonable runner-up given the coding and test-automation emphasis.
The salary range ($85,400–$192,900) spans grades 6–8; the posting states final grade depends on skills and experience, so the range is unusually wide.
The posting states the role is hybrid (4 days onsite) for candidates near a Ford hub, or fully remote for non-local candidates — remote=true reflects that fully remote is explicitly offered.
A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field is listed as a requirement, but the posting immediately qualifies it with 'or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
Stateflow, MagicDraw, and C++ appear in the modeling/simulation narrative section alongside the required Matlab/Simulink, but are not separately called out as required — listed as preferred.
Ford internal tools (FEDE, VSEM, GPDS), functional safety (HARA, FSRs/TSRs), and cybersecurity (TARA) experience appear only under the 'Even better, you may have' section and are omitted from the skills list as they name internal/proprietary tools or methodology acronyms rather than widely-recognized standalone technologies.
6 Sigma (DMAIC/DFSS) appears in the responsibilities narrative, not in a hard-requirements block, so it is marked preferred.
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