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Ford Motor Company

Radio Frequency & Security Application Engineer

Ford Motor Company
hybrid mid full-time $74,300 - $166,200 Dearborn
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First indexed 24 Apr 2026

Description

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.

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

  • Work with lead engineer to take responsibility for a subset of parts/requirements.
  • Lead design reviews with internal and external teams including suppliers.
  • Quality documentation development and reviews
  • Ensure requirements such as FMVSS, ECE, and other regulatory or legal requirements are met including RF certification and homologation.
  • Packaging of components to optimize RF reception, manufacturability, and customer usage.
  • Develop and execute design verification plan (DVP) for this system on bench, HIL, and vehicle per program milestones requirements (DCV, PEC, FEC, etc). Track status in FEDE and JIRA for issues.
  • Manage parts release in WERS.
  • Support programs through launch by leading issue resolution and presenting status to management.
  • Collaborate with Vehicle Operations, human factors, and other teams to ensure interface and process/assembly requirements are met.
  • Travel to supplier facilities and Ford assembly plants as needed to support design reviews and launches of new products, APQP and PPAP approval.
  • Additional responsibilities may include the following: FEDE BOM, Device Transmittal, VSCS, ED&T and Mountain Charts, ESOW
  • Work with PVT’s to optimize controls for component installation
  • Review quality data for assigned programs to identify trends/emerging issues
  • Lead launch issue resolution
  • Manage supplier sourcing based on program/platform feature content

Qualifications

You'll have...

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 2+ years of experience with design and testing of Automotive electrical systems – hardware, software, and systems.
  • Experience with vehicle network tools including CANalyzer.

Even better, you may have...

  • Master's degree in engineering
  • 5+ years of experience with design and testing of Automotive electrical systems
  • Experience with development/testing of wireless technology
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