Radio Frequency & Security Application Engineer

We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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.

What you'll do...

• Work with lead engineer to take responsibility for a subset of parts/requirements.

• Lead design reviews with internal and external teams including suppliers.

• Quality documentation development and reviews

• Ensure requirements such as FMVSS, ECE, and other regulatory or legal requirements are met including RF certification and homologation.

• Packaging of components to optimize RF reception, manufacturability, and customer usage.

• Develop and execute design verification plan (DVP) for this system on bench, HIL, and vehicle per program milestones requirements (DCV, PEC, FEC, etc). Track status in FEDE and JIRA for issues.

• Manage parts release in WERS.

• Support programs through launch by leading issue resolution and presenting status to management.

• Collaborate with Vehicle Operations, human factors, and other teams to ensure interface and process/assembly requirements are met.

• Travel to supplier facilities and Ford assembly plants as needed to support design reviews and launches of new products, APQP and PPAP approval.

• Additional responsibilities may include the following: FEDE BOM, Device Transmittal, VSCS, ED&T and Mountain Charts, ESOW

• Work with PVT's to optimize controls for component installation

• Review quality data for assigned programs to identify trends/emerging issues

• Lead launch issue resolution

• Manage supplier sourcing based on program/platform feature content

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering

• 2+ years of experience with design and testing of Automotive electrical systems - hardware, software, and systems.

• Experience with vehicle network tools including CANalyzer.

Even better, you may have...

• Master's degree in engineering

• 5+ years of experience with design and testing of Automotive electrical systems

• Experience with development/testing of wireless technology

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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.

This position is a salary grade range of 6 - 8 and ranges from $74,300 - $166,200.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-DP1