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