Electrical Engineer - DCE

Lincoln Motor Company; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Parental leave

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an EE Senior Hardware Engineer to architect and design boards for our next generation product platform, including on-vehicle and off-vehicle components.

You will bring up designs, validate reliability, and work with OEMs/JDMs while contributing to electrical architecture and system integration. A BS in EE, Altium experience, and skills in DC-DC, buses, and C/C++ are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Experience with PCB design, schematics, and layout.
• Knowledge of DC-to-DC converters and data buses (I2C, SPI, CAN/LIN).
• Experience with bringing up and testing designs in production.
• Proficiency in Python and C/C++ coding.

Responsibilities

• Electrical design: schematic and layout of key boards and guidance to JDM/OEMs.
• Bring up and validate designs, test reliability, implement changes.
• Rapid prototyping of designs using off‑the‑shelf parts.
• System integration of electrical designs into vehicles.
• Influence electrical architecture and execution decisions.

Skills

Electrical Design

Schematic & Layout

Bring Up & Validation

System Integration

DC-DC Converters

Python scripting

C/C++ coding

Altium eCAD tools

Microprocessors & digital logic

CAN/LIN

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium eCAD

Contract manufacturers / OEMs

Ethernet networking

SI tools

Job description

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.

Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Ford’s vehicle, electric, digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization, we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles, software and experiences across gas, hybrid and electric, designed around what customers need.

In this position…

Advanced EV’s Design Concept Engineering team is looking for an EE Senior Hardware Engineer to join our fast-paced development, working on cutting‑edge features with complex hardware, sensors and software. You would be responsible for architecting, implementing and designing boards for our upcoming product platform, including both on-vehicle and off-vehicle components. This work focuses on product-differentiating, customer-facing designs and circuits for new product features and development. A good candidate would have a strong background in printed circuit board design, schematics and layout, and a portfolio of shipping products in which they crafted the specifications, did schematic design, layout, bring up, and testing for. They would have knowledge of DC-to-DC converters, high speed digital signaling, common data buses (I2C, SPI…) and analog circuit design. Experience with working with oversea CMs and production processes are preferred.

What you'll do…

• Electrical Design - This would include schematic and layout of key electrical boards as well as providing guidance to JDM/OEMs on executing designs.
• Bring Up and validation - Bring up designs done in-house and at JDM/OEM. Test designs for reliability and validity. Implement changes to address issues found.
• Rapid Prototyping - Create quick, simple designs to execute design vision of the studio team using off the shelf parts. Understand tradeoffs being made for velocity and mitigate risks that impact team progress.
• System Integration - Work with other engineering teams to integrate electrical designs into our vehicles.
• Influence design decisions - Help define electrical architecture and execution.

You’ll have…

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering

Even better, you may have…

• Experience working with Altium eCAD tools
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and OEMs
• Knowledge of DC/DC converters, transmission lines, common Data buses, analog circuits, board design and layout best practices
• Python scripting experience
• C/C++ coding experience
• Design experience using microprocessors and digital logic
• Knowledge in display, audio and camera technologies
• Experience in motors and encoders
• Experience using SI tools such as hyperlink
• Experience in ethernet networking
• Experience in automotive design (AECxxx, CAN, LIN, T1S)
• Experience with validation testing and production design processes

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 7 and ranges from $118,700-$198,500.

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.

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.