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Staff Electrical Design Concept Engineer

Ford Motor Company.com

Office

Palo Alto, CA, United States

Full Time

What You’Ll Do…

  • Electrical Design – This would include schematic and layout of key electrical boards as well as providing guidance to OEMs on executing designs. 
  • Bring Up and validation – Bring up designs done in house and at OEM. Test designs for reliability and validity. Implement changes to address issues found. 
  • Rapid Prototyping – Create quick simple designs to execute design vision of the studio team using off the shelf parts. Understand tradeoffs being made for velocity and mitigate risks that impact team progress. 
  • System Integration – Work with other engineering teams to integrate electrical designs into our vehicles. 
  • Influence design decisions - Help define electrical architecture and execution. 

You’Ll Have…

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
  • 3+ years of experience with board design
  • Experience working with Altium eCAD tools
  • Experience working with Contract manufacturers and OEMs
  • Knowledge of DC/DC converters, Transmission lines, Common Data buses, Analog circuits, Board design and layout best practices

Even better, you may have… 

  • 10+ years experience with Systems/HW architectures experience
  • Python scripting experience
  • C/C++ coding experience
  • Design experience with micro processors and encoders
  • Knowledge in display and camera technologies
  • Experience using SI tools such as hyperlink
  • Experience in technical leadership
  • Experience in automotive design (AECxxx, CAN, LIN)

Staff Electrical Design Concept Engineer

Office

Palo Alto, CA, United States

Full Time

September 12, 2025

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Ford Motor Company

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