Power Systems Integration Engineer (High Voltage)

Ford; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Power Systems Integration Engineer (HV) to lead end-to-end integration of high voltage power systems. You will collaborate with hardware, software, systems and safety teams to bring up buck/vehicle builds and verify features across LV/HV domains.

Requirements include a B.S. in EE/CE/CS/mechanical, >3 years HV experience, CAN/LIN/Automotive Ethernet, and strong debugging and cross-functional communication. Travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical/Computer/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering and embedded systems.
• Experience with HV systems and vehicle integration.

Responsibilities

• Support HV/LV power system bring-up on buck/vehicle builds.
• Design tests, verify system level functions, and log results.
• Lead integration efforts for high voltage components and communication with cross functions.
• Identify and fix root-cause issues in LV/HV power systems.
• Prepare and manage test artifacts and bug tickets.

Skills

Electrical fundamentals

Embedded systems

Vehicle networking

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional comms

Travel up to 25%

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Vector

Intrepid

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...

As a Power Systems Integration Engineer (HV), you will be responsible for complete end to end integration of high voltage systems, including associated conversion, distribution, load management, mode management. You will be the site’s local contact for all things related to HV power systems and control, including bench, buck, and vehicle bring-up and feature testing. You will also support complementary Low Voltage (LV) Power Systems Integration. You will support design reviews, capture all lessons learned, and provide recursive feedback on functional/physical architectures to drive us toward an optimized product.

What you’ll do:

• Support integration efforts for various HV electrical power system components, such as body controllers, power distribution controllers, power conversion controllers, and charge controllers.
• Develop the power and mode management vehicle features, working with hardware, software, systems, and safety, to deliver features and uncover requirement / verification gaps.
• Lead the HV power system and LV power system bring-up activities on all buck / vehicle builds, becoming the point person for the program in these domains
• Root cause LV power system issues, including communication and performance bugs
• Support manufacturing integration as it relates to power systems and mode management
• Design test-cases and verification of system level functions on multiple test assets (benches, lab cars and vehicles).
• Lead incremental and complete feature integration, reporting progress, creating bug tickets, referencing requirements as needed, and prioritizing efforts across vehicle fleet

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Systems or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Strong Electrical and Embedded Systems Engineering fundamentals
• > 3 years of experience in HV system, feature, and/or vehicle integration
• Proficiency with Vehicle Network Protocols such as CAN, LIN, & Automotive Ethernet
• Experience and working knowledge of systems development, vehicle architecture, emerging battery, charge, and power systems technologies, software/hardware tool development, functional safety, network and diagnostics process.
• Experience using industry standard network data visualization, logging, and bus interaction tools, such as Vector and Intrepid
• Experience integrating power electronic systems, DC to DC and AC to DC converters
• Experience deploying software to buck/vehicle builds, executing tests, capturing test results, and communicating cross-functionally issues that arise
• Experience with electrical / functional root-causing and debug
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel up to 25%

Even better, you may have:

• M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Systems, or equivalent.
• Proven technical expertise in HV Power Systems Design, Architecture, and Integration, with understanding of the intricacies of the physically realized system
• > 5 years of experience in system, feature, and/or vehicle integration
• Experience integrating components bearing ASIL-rated functionality and the implications to adjacent components
• Experience with UDS: polling and interpreting DTCs, invoking DID read/writes, initiating routine controls, establishing programming sessions, etc.
• Expertise in EVSE communication protocols and experience debugging communication / sequence issues
• Experience building, interpreting, and realizing activity/sequence diagrams, functional block diagrams, networking databases (DBC, ARXML, etc.)
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team
• Confidence in rapidly identifying issues, assessing the impacts, reporting to stakeholders, supporting resolution, and driving to closure

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

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $138,800-$232,700.

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.

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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.