Staff Integration Engineer - Compute and Connectivity

Ford Motor • Long Beach, CA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams! With our ambitious plans for the future of mobility, we offer a wide variety of opportunities to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. Ford Model e is responsible for developing key technologies and capabilities—such as EV platforms, batteries, e-motors, inverters, charging, and recycling—to create ground-up, breakthrough electric vehicles. By joining the industry's best software, engineering, design, and UX talent, you will help create new technologies and concepts applied across the Ford enterprise. Being part of the Ford Model e team means building the future as Ford’s center of innovation and growth through electric and connected vehicles and services. As the Staff Integration Engineer, you will act as the Component and Systems Integration Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for Ford’s High-Performance Compute Cluster (HPCC), Telematics Control Unit (TCU), and related components. In this critical position, you will drive the development, integration, industrialization, and production readiness of these modules, while also participating in system-level design activities for related subsystems. Your leadership will span the entire product lifecycle—from early concept and architecture definition through validation, launch, and high-volume manufacturing—ensuring supplier execution and production processes meet Ford’s stringent quality, capability, and scalability standards. You will act as the technical link between Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Software, Systems Engineering, and suppliers to ensure robust engineering principles are applied and launch timelines are met without compromise. You will be part of the teams that conceptualize, design, develop, integrate, and support the launch of next-generation compute and connectivity platforms for electric vehicles.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience working on complex automotive electronics design or systems integration, with direct experience on compute modules, telematics/connectivity units, or high-performance embedded systems.
• 5+ years of experience driving hardware from concept through production launch in a high-volume automotive or equivalent environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of a major electronic module as a DRI or equivalent technical lead, including supplier management, DVP&R, BOM ownership, and program milestone delivery.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering, embedded systems engineering, and multi-SoC platform integration.
• Strong foundation in automotive networking and embedded software integration, including Ethernet, CAN, VLAN, SPI, diagnostics, bootloaders, and OTA workflows.
• Proven debugging and diagnostic skills across electrical, mechanical, and software domains.
• Experience with requirements management using industry-standard software platforms.
• Excellent teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience building and launching automotive products and vehicle prototypes.
• Experience with low-voltage architectures, PMICs, and power sequencing.
• Experience with cellular telematics, GNSS systems, wireless connectivity, and connected vehicle architectures.
• Experience with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) in alignment with ISO 26262/Functional Safety standards.
• Familiarity with automotive cybersecurity requirements and secure software/update processes.
• Experience managing Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and release processes within PLM systems such as 3DX/ENOVIA.
• A systems-based approach to design and development with a drive for exceptional execution and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the end-to-end engineering and development strategy for HPCC and TCU systems, containing multi-SoC compute platforms and wireless telematics (cellular, GNSS, Wi-Fi) to successfully transition designs to high-volume manufacturing.
• Serve as the primary technical DRI for internal and external suppliers. Lead design reviews, manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), ensure validation testing and engineering deliverables are completed.
• Own the Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R), lead FMEA/risk assessments, and develop robust quality control measures and testing protocols.
• Perform detailed trade studies, define interfaces, and cascade component functional/interface requirements to suppliers. Verify software behaviors, electrical characteristics, and network interfaces against specifications.
• Validate core functionality on bench, desktop, and lab-car environments. Serve as the single point of contact to troubleshoot and resolve complex electrical, hardware, and software issues during lab-car, prototype, and vehicle assembly/commissioning phases.
• Validate software and electrical HW integration on-vehicle. Maintain and test ECU network interfaces (Ethernet, CAN, SPI, VLAN).
• Own DTCs, DIDs, UDS routines, and manufacturing diagnostics. Manage bootloader interfaces and cybersecurity-related integration requirements (CMA, Service $27 Security Access).
• Partner with manufacturing and plant engineering to define calibration routines, configuration writes, VIN consumption, in-line software updates, and in-station diagnostics for factory and dealer environments.
• Lead the integration of a complex, liquid-cooled, dual-board housing containing high-performance application processors (x86/ARM), ADAS processors, and automotive-grade MCUs, managing power sequencing, thermal design, and signal integrity.
• Drive vehicle telematics platform integration (4G/5G, single/dual-band GNSS, Wi-Fi, 100Base-T1 Ethernet) to support high-bandwidth, cloud-connected vehicle features.
• Manage integration within a 48V primary low-voltage architecture (no traditional 12V battery), including PMIC design, power monitoring, and low-power sleep/wake schemes.
• Coordinate the HPCC-TCU interface (VLAN routing, netloader flashing, OTA orchestration) while collaborating with Controls, UX, Software, Purchasing, Quality, and Plant teams to deliver a cohesive, budget-compliant system.

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: Manager