Traction Inverter Engineer – Hybrid EV Impact

Ford-Motor-Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Family care days

Parental leave

Back-up child care

Adoption assistance

Fertility benefits

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

ERGs

Volunteer time off

Paid holidays

Additional vacation buy

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in California is seeking an experienced power electronics engineer to help develop traction inverters for electric vehicle applications and to drive design validation across the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with mechanical design, software, and system teams, bringing hands-on expertise in HV testing, schematic capture, PCB layout, and high-voltage analysis to ensure signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability in a global automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 2+ years of experience in power electronics product development.
• Hands-on experience of schematic capture and circuit simulation & analysis tools.
• Hands-on experience of PCB layout for better signal integrity and manufacturability
• Hands-on experience with high voltage power electronics testing and validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop traction inverters for electric vehicle applications.
• Design, bring-up, characterize and troubleshoot traction inverters.
• Design and validate circuit schematics and PCB layout.
• Perform complex circuit design analysis, thermal analysis, and control analysis.
• Perform failure analysis.
• Support design validation and end-of-line tests specifications.
• Collaborate with mechanical design, software, system, project management, supply chain functions throughout the organization.

Skills

Power electronics

Schematic capture

PCB layout

HV testing

IGBT/MOSFET

Circuit simulation

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Ford Motor Company in California is seeking an experienced power electronics engineer to help develop traction inverters for electric vehicle applications and to drive design validation across the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with mechanical design, software, and system teams, bringing hands-on expertise in HV testing, schematic capture, PCB layout, and high-voltage analysis to ensure signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability in a global automotive environment.