Senior Automotive Electronics Hardware Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer for its EVDD team, focusing on automotive electronics design and hardware bring-up. You’ll translate stakeholder needs into robust schematics, perform design validations, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure production readiness.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work, power electronics, and strong problem-solving in a fast-paced automotive environment. Hybrid onsite work is required in California.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Hands-on schematic capture and circuit simulation/analysis tools.
• Experience with RCCA (Root Cause & Corrective Action) and 8D methods.
• Hands-on with electric/electronics 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 from all stakeholders and translate into technical specs.
• Schematic capture, component selection and design release.
• Research new concepts and bring them to production readiness.
• Perform worst-case design, EOL estimation, thermal calculation, and component selection.
• Collaborate with PCB and mechanical teams to guide layouts.
• Understand and implement power electronic topologies.
• Conduct design fault analysis and support safety activities.
• Hands-on hardware bring-up, characterization, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to ensure adherence to specs.
• Support design validation and end-of-line tests.

Skills

Schematic capture

Circuit simulation

RCCA / Root Cause Analysis

Automotive electronics design

Power electronics

Communication protocols

Lab equipment proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer for its EVDD team, focusing on automotive electronics design and hardware bring-up. You’ll translate stakeholder needs into robust schematics, perform design validations, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure production readiness.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work, power electronics, and strong problem-solving in a fast-paced automotive environment. Hybrid onsite work is required in California.