Product Development Electrical Engineer

Ford Motor Company is transforming the future of mobility and is seeking a Product Development Electrical Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will design advanced electronic control units for next-generation vehicles, ensuring high-quality hardware delivery through rigorous testing and collaboration with various engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design high-speed digital circuits to meet section requirements
• Design circuits using industry-standard schematic capture tools
• Implement layouts for assigned subsections
• Design complex high-speed signals that meet impedance requirements
• Perform worst-case analysis of circuits in your area of responsibility
• Generate documentation that defines processor pin assignments
• Develop detailed design documents
• Perform failure mode analysis and generate process documentation
• Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections
• Design communication links between the processor, other internal subsections, and external modules
• Formulate test plans to ensure component-level performance
• Validate testing to ensure performance over temperature and voltage extremes
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve issues in assigned sections
• Participate in system design reviews
• Interface closely with other teams, such as Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing, as well as external component suppliers
• Travel occasionally as required

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• 6+ months of experience with hardware or embedded software systems (internship and coursework allowed)
• Master's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• Knowledge of microprocessors, solid state memory, cameras, displays, and sensors
• Solid understanding of industry-standard interfaces (e.g., LVDS, DDR, PCI, I2C, and Ethernet)
• Excellent hardware and software debugging skills
• Familiarity with test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, temperature chambers, time-domain reflectometers, and precision power meters)
• A motivated self-starter mindset
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills

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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