Sr. Electrical System Test Engineer

Ford • Long Beach, CA

12h • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford is transforming the future for its customers, communities, and families, with work impacting daily transportation. The Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is dedicated to delivering a fully electric transportation future, focusing on customer experience for EV buyers and owners. This agile, entrepreneurial, and data-driven team works collaboratively to pioneer the EV future. The Sr. Electrical System Test Engineer will be responsible for testing low voltage systems, actively participating in electrical design and integration of interfacing subsystems. This role involves spearheading vehicle system-level testing to ensure critical design requirements are met under all operating conditions, and conceptualizing, designing, engineering, developing, and supporting the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Strong Electrical and Systems Engineering fundamentals.
• 5+ years of experience with electrical testing from concept through development.
• Proficiency with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, DAQs, DMMs, function generators, power supplies, electronic loads etc.)
• Experience and working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, software/hardware tool development, functional safety, network and diagnostics process.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or related fields
• Excellent teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team.
• A systems approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for low voltage power electronics to both validate the system-level performance of electrical architecture, and stress the system to reveal any design weaknesses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to establish robust testing strategies and align specific pass/fail criteria.
• Review and analyze test data, engaging the appropriate engineering teams when anomalous results are observed.
• Support systems integration efforts to bring up and debug various electrical test assets such as bucks, labcars, and prototype vehicles.
• Build and grow the electrical test lab, ensuring accurate data from all relevant test cases can be captured, analyzed, and distributed accordingly.
• Organize, maintain, and execute system level vehicle Design Validation Plans, prioritizing based on design novelty, complexity, and risk.
• Provide technical guidance to cross-functional team members and share testing knowledge and best practices.
• Support prototype development and adapt to rapid design concept iteration, collecting and distributing critical data points to hardware and software engineering teams.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees