Hardware Engineer, Design Concept Engineering
About The Position
Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. In this position, the Advanced EV’s Design Concept Engineering team is looking for an EE Senior Hardware Engineer to join our fast-paced development, working on cutting-edge features with complex hardware, sensors and software. You would be responsible for architecting, implementing and designing boards for our upcoming product platform, including both on-vehicle and off-vehicle components. This work focuses on product-differentiating, customer-facing designs and circuits for new products features and development. A good candidate would have a strong background in printed circuit board design, schematics and layout, and a portfolio of shipping products in which they crafted the specifications, did schematic design, layout, bring up, and testing for. They would have knowledge of DC-to-DC converters, high speed digital signaling, common data buses (I2C, SPI…) and analog circuit design. Experience with working with oversea CMs and production processes are preferred.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- 5+ years of experience with board design
- Experience working with Altium eCAD tools
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and OEMs
- Knowledge of DC/DC converters, transmission lines, common Data buses, analog circuits, board design and layout best practices
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of experience with Systems/HW architectures experience
- Python scripting experience
- C/C++ coding experience
- Design experience using microprocessors and digital logic
- Knowledge in display, audio and camera technologies
- Experience in motors and encoders
- Experience using SI tools such as hyperlink
- Experience in ethernet networking
- Experience in automotive design (AECxxx, CAN, LIN, T1S)
- Experience with validation testing and production design processes
Responsibilities
- Electrical Design – This would include schematic and layout of key electrical boards as well as providing guidance to JDM/OEMs on executing designs.
- Bring Up and validation – Bring up designs done in-house and at JDM/OEM. Test designs for reliability and validity. Implement changes to address issues found.
- Rapid Prototyping – Create quick, simple designs to execute design vision of the studio team using off the shelf parts. Understand tradeoffs being made for velocity and mitigate risks that impact team progress.
- System Integration – Work with other engineering teams to integrate electrical designs into our vehicles.
- Influence design decisions - Help define electrical architecture and execution.
Benefits
- 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 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
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
