Product Development Engineer

You will be part of an engineering team designing advanced electronic control units for next-generation vehicles at Ford Motor Company, a leading American multinational automaker. You will collaborate with other engineers to block-diagram, design, implement, simulate, validate, and optimize circuits in your section. The role involves executing a rigorous hardware test plan in state-of-the-art laboratories to ensure hardware meets Ford's world-class quality standards. The salary for this position ranges from $74,300-$124,500.

Responsibilities

• Design high-speed digital circuits to meet section requirements.
• Design circuits using industry-standard schematic capture tools.
• Implement layouts for assigned subsections.
• Design complex high-speed signals that meet impedance requirements.
• Perform worst-case analysis of circuits in your area of responsibility.
• Generate documentation that defines processor pin assignments.
• Develop detailed design documents.
• Perform failure mode analysis and generate process documentation.
• Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections.
• Design communication links between the processor, other internal subsections, and external modules.
• Formulate test plans to ensure component-level performance.
• Validation testing to ensure performance over temperature and voltage extremes.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve issues in assigned sections.
• Participate in system design reviews.
• Interface closely with other teams, such as Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing, as well as external component suppliers.
• Travel occasionally as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• 6+ months of experience with hardware or embedded software systems (internship and coursework allowed)
• Legal eligibility to work in the U.S. (Sponsorship is unavailable for this role)
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, Altium, OrCAD, or similar) to support circuit design and layout implementation.
• Working knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals (circuit theory, digital logic, signal integrity basics) as applied to embedded or automotive electronic systems.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, datasheets, and technical specifications to support circuit design, validation, and troubleshooting activities.

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.