Automotive Hardware Engineer: High-Speed Digital

Ford-Motor-Company; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an engineer to join the automotive hardware team. You will design high-speed digital circuits, implement layouts, and develop documentation to support processor pin assignments and test plans for rigorous validation in our laboratories.

The role requires a bachelor’s in electrical or computer engineering and experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools. This is a hybrid position with onsite work four+ days per week, competitive salary, and comprehensive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Fundamentals of circuit theory and signal integrity.

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.
• Validation 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

Schematic interpretation

Digital circuit design

Signal integrity

Documentation writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

Master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Altium

OrCAD

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an engineer to join the automotive hardware team. You will design high-speed digital circuits, implement layouts, and develop documentation to support processor pin assignments and test plans for rigorous validation in our laboratories.

The role requires a bachelor’s in electrical or computer engineering and experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools. This is a hybrid position with onsite work four+ days per week, competitive salary, and comprehensive