Senior IVI Hardware Architect & Technical Lead

Lincoln Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx

Flexible family care days

Education and tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a senior hardware architect for IVI ECU platforms. You will own hardware architecture, define requirements, and sign off on designs and validations for production readiness.

You will lead reviews of schematics, layouts, power, thermal, and high-speed interfaces and guide cross-functional teams through complex diagnostics and improvements. The role requires deep expertise in automotive compute hardware, memory/storage interfaces, networking, and robust validation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in automotive electronic hardware design or architecture.
• Experience defining hardware architecture, requirements, interfaces, and validation for automotive ECUs.
• Ability to read and review schematics, PCB layouts, data sheets, and validation reports.
• Knowledge of Automotive Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, USB, PCIe, and display interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Own the hardware architecture and technical direction for IVI ECU platforms and their interfaces.
• Provide final technical sign-off for IVI ECU hardware release and validation.
• Define hardware-level/system-level requirements, interface specs, and validation methods.
• Lead hardware reviews of schematics, PCB layouts, power architectures, thermal approaches, and high-speed interfaces.
• Lead or support lab investigations and cross-domain issue resolutions from concept to production.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Automotive hardware

Schematic reading

PCB layouts

Automotive Ethernet

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

LTspice

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks a senior hardware architect for IVI ECU platforms. You will own hardware architecture, define requirements, and sign off on designs and validations for production readiness.

You will lead reviews of schematics, layouts, power, thermal, and high-speed interfaces and guide cross-functional teams through complex diagnostics and improvements. The role requires deep expertise in automotive compute hardware, memory/storage interfaces, networking, and robust validation