EECAE and WCCA Engineer

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.

In this position, you will perform CAE analysis and review digital twins. You will analyze and identify critical hardware components affecting circuit performance, including electrical characteristics, tolerances, environmental factors, and system-level interactions, while contributing to Product Development efforts that apply design thinking and user experience methods.

Responsibilities:

• Perform CAE analysis by creating and validating component models in Saber or other simulation tools.
• Perform WCCA for products utilizing engineering principles. Apply best practices, lessons learned, and innovative design techniques to achieve a reliable product at a competitive cost.
• Review circuit schematics and PCB layout implementation using industry-standard tools.
• Strive to simplify the design, make it easy to manufacture, mistake-proof, attempt to anticipate areas of large variation, and attempt to maximize design robustness.
• Perform tolerance stack-up/ worst-case circuit analyses (Extreme Value, RMS, or Monte Carlo as required).
• Capture and codify WCCA lessons learned.
• Perform power integrity (PDN, IR drop) and signal integrity analysis as required.
• Generate professional reports and make changes as necessary based on findings.
• Confer with other engineering team and cross-functional team members on a frequent basis to ensure all aspects of the design are coming together seamlessly.
• Participate in technical design reviews to ensure compliance to design requirements.
• Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections.
• Document failure modes and feedback to improve design requirements.
• Lead the resolution of functional abnormalities observed in module designs.
• Ensure Ford and industry lessons learned are documented in the associated quality history.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field of study.
• Experience in electronic circuit disciplines and processes.
• Experience with circuit analysis software tools, e.g., Mathcad, and simulation tools: Spice, Saber, etc.
• Experience with vehicle communication protocols CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet.
• Familiarity with microprocessors, solid-state memory, cameras, displays, and sensors.
• Working knowledge of industry-standard interfaces (e.g., I2C, SPI, Ethernet, LVDS, DDR, PCI, I2S, A2B, etc.).
• Experience working with test equipment (e.g., programmable power supplies, DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic and network analyzers, temperature chambers, etc.).
• Proficiency in simulation tools for signal integrity and power management circuitry.
• Familiarity with automotive reliability requirements and component selection for automotive electronics.
• Familiarity with automotive EMC requirements and good design practices for EMC robust design.
• Ability to communicate effectively with business users and engineering professionals.

Benefits:

• 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.

Salary:

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720 to $162,120.