Product Development 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.

In this 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 incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking and User Experience methods, you will work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We are seeking forward-thinking, laser- focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies and more!

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

Do you desire to be an electrical hardware engineer with emphasis in digital design? You will be part of an engineering team working on next generation modules for vehicles. The successful candidate will be working with a design team to implement circuits, validate circuit implementations, analyze and resolve hardware failures. You will be responsible to meet Ford’s quality, on time and maintaining cost targets.

You will:

Design High Speed digital circuits to meet section requirements

Design circuits using industry standard schematic capture tools

Layout implementation of responsible subsection Design complex high-speed signals that meet impedance requirements

Perform worst case analysis of circuits in 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

Handle Root cause and resolve issues in assigned sections

Participate in system design reviews

Interface closely with other teams such as Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing teams and with external component suppliers

Must be willing to travel occasionally

Qualifications

You'll have...

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related field of study

0-2 years of work experience in Electrical Design

Even better, you may have...

Basic knowledge of Hardware and Embedded Software systems

Knowledgeable on microprocessors, solid state memory, cameras, displays and sensors

Working knowledge of industry standard interfaces (e.g. LVDS, DDR, PCI, I2C and Ethernet, etc.)

Excellent hardware and software debugging skills Familiar with test equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, temperature chambers, time-domain reflectometers, precision power meters, etc.) Motivated and self-starter

Strong collaboration and leadership skills

Ability to communicate effectively with business users and engineering professionals (e.g. globally distributed teams, ability to adjust communications appropriately for the audience, work with all levels of management and diverse work groups, etc.)

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 5 and ranges from $68,300-$114,800.

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

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