Automotive Electronics Engineer – EV Power Systems

Ford Motor Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team is hiring engineers to deliver electric vehicle electronics. This role involves hardware bring-up, schematic capture, and collaboration with PCB and mechanical teams to ensure production readiness.

You will perform power electronics design work, run failure investigations, and utilize RS485/UART/CAN/Ethernet protocols, applying ISO26262 concepts where relevant. Hybrid work model with onsite presence required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Hands-on schematic capture and circuit analysis tools.
• Experience with RCCA (Root Cause & Corrective Action) and 8D.
• Experience with electric/electronic systems and lab equipment (DMM, MSO, Logic Analyzer, VNA).
• Familiarity with RS485, UART, CAN, Ethernet communication protocols.
• 5+ years designing automotive electronics.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements and translate into technical specifications.
• Design capture, component selection and design release.
• Research concepts and take them to production readiness.
• Perform worst case design, EOL estimation, thermal calculations and component selection.
• Collaborate with PCB and mechanical teams to guide layouts.
• Support design validation and end-of-line tests.
• Communicate clearly with the team to resolve issues.

Skills

Schematic capture

Circuit simulation

Failure investigations

Power electronics

Communication protocols

Hardware bring-up

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

VNA

Job description

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team is hiring engineers to deliver electric vehicle electronics. This role involves hardware bring-up, schematic capture, and collaboration with PCB and mechanical teams to ensure production readiness.

You will perform power electronics design work, run failure investigations, and utilize RS485/UART/CAN/Ethernet protocols, applying ISO26262 concepts where relevant. Hybrid work model with onsite presence required.