Electrical Systems 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.

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. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...

As an Electrical Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the development of vehicle electrical hardware systems and architecture across various vehicle subsystems dynamics and propulsion, body, thermal, passive safety, and more. You will support the complete end-to-end integration of hardware components and will be working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support product design, vehicle behaviors definition, prototype bring-up, and debugging, ensuring the seamless functionality and performance of all systems throughout the product lifecycle. You will conceptualize, design, engineer, and support the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.

This role is highly cross-functional and blends desk work with hands-on lab and vehicle time. The position is based in the Long Beach office and may include occasional travel.

As an Electrical Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the development of vehicle electrical hardware systems and architecture across various vehicle subsystems - dynamics and propulsion, body, thermal, passive safety, and more. You will support the complete end-to-end integration of hardware components and will be working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support product design, vehicle behaviors definition, prototype bring-up, and debugging, ensuring the seamless functionality and performance of all systems throughout the product lifecycle. You will conceptualize, design, engineer, and support the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.

What you'll do...

• Bring up new components hands-on across benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles - build the harness and power setup, instrument the part, and characterize it before it reaches a vehicle
• Perform component- and system-level characterization testing on labcars and vehicles, validating the physical interfaces
• Debug hardware failures from first principles with a scope and current probe, isolating root cause across component, harness, connector, driver circuit, and software
• Develop prototype subsystem hardware assemblies that unblock early software and feature development
• Integrate production and off-the-shelf hardware into purpose-built prototype systems, delivering quick-turnaround solutions that support future program development
• Review supplier hardware deliverables and reproduce and document discrepancies in the lab
• Write and execute integration test plans covering discrete component and network behavior across relevant voltage and environmental conditions
• Support electrical validation at vehicle build and end-of-line, and help resolve plant issues traced to component or harness hardware
• Decompose vehicle behavior into system and device requirements in JAMA, maintaining traceability from requirement to measured result

What you'll do...

• Bring up new components hands-on across benches, bucks, labcars, and vehicles - build the harness and power setup, instrument the part, and characterize it before it reaches a vehicle
• Perform component- and system-level characterization testing on labcars and vehicles, validating the physical interfaces
• Debug hardware failures from first principles with a scope and current probe, isolating root cause across component, harness, connector, driver circuit, and software
• Develop prototype subsystem hardware assemblies that unblock early software and feature development
• Integrate production and off-the-shelf hardware into purpose-built prototype systems, delivering quick-turnaround solutions that support future program development
• Review supplier hardware deliverables and reproduce and document discrepancies in the lab
• Write and execute integration test plans covering discrete component and network behavior across relevant voltage and environmental conditions
• Support electrical validation at vehicle build and end-of-line, and help resolve plant issues traced to component or harness hardware
• Decompose vehicle behavior into system and device requirements in JAMA, maintaining traceability from requirement to measured result