Prototype Development Engineer
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... As a Prototype Development Engineer, you will be the bridge between conceptual design and physical reality. You will own the design, build, integration, commissioning, and maintenance of critical electrical test assets, including advanced Labcars, HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) benches, test fixtures, prototype support equipment, and related EV development assets. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and technicians to ensure our next-generation electric vehicle (EV) architectures can be built, tested, validated, and iterated quickly. You will not just maintain hardware; you will develop test assets from the ground up, including CAD/layout, BOM creation, purchasing support, technician-ready build documentation, electrical test integration, debug, commissioning and final documentation.
Requirements
- Design, build, integration, commissioning, and maintenance of critical electrical test assets
- Development of test assets from the ground up
- CAD/layout
- BOM creation
- Purchasing support
- Technician-ready build documentation
- Electrical test integration
- Debug
- Commissioning
- Final documentation
- Collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams and technicians
Responsibilities
- Own the design, build, integration, commissioning, and maintenance of critical electrical test assets, including advanced Labcars, HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) benches, test fixtures, prototype support equipment, and related EV development assets.
- Develop test assets from the ground up, including CAD/layout, BOM creation, purchasing support, technician-ready build documentation, electrical test integration, debug, commissioning and final documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and technicians to ensure next-generation electric vehicle (EV) architectures can be built, tested, validated, and iterated quickly.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
