At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
Do you have what it takes to make smart vehicles for a smart world? Join the Ford Product Development team. Utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods, you’ll work to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We’re seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll be able to do:
Technical Systems Integration Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Develop vehicle electrical schematics that deliver compatible form and function providing logical connectivity, electrical power distribution and grounding for all electric components (electronic modules, sensors, actuators, motors, etc.), while meeting all regulatory and company specific requirements, and executing corporate standards for Failure Mode Avoidance. Support prototype build events, including but not limited to Electrical Breadboards and Prototype Vehicles, with the responsibility to flash and configure electronic modules, execute modules diagnostics self-test routines, perform functional tests, KOL tests, understand and solve Electronic Systems Integration issues that may happen due to hardware or software maturity, collect vehicle CAN communication logs to support troubleshoot work, interface with design engineers from other functional areas to root cause issues. Review the results of all Design Verification Tests necessary to validate the Electrical Systems requirements to attest the outcomes that meet or exceed the pass criteria. Investigate, remediate, and retest failures to ensure effectiveness of any design change. Support Assembly Plant launch builds and voice of customer fleet vehicles by providing “in loco” assistance during pre-production and production ramp-up builds, providing technical expertise to triage and root cause problems that may impact vehicle processing through automated End of Line tests, ensuring final product quality meets corporate standards. Domestic Travel Required up to 30%.
QualificationsYou'll have…
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation. 5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Designing vehicle level Electrical Schematics for various sub systems including device transmittal (DT) set-up and DT approvals. 2. Collaborating with engineering/functional owner to ensure compatibility between components for entire electrical sub systems. 3. Performing Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis on various electrical sub systems to identify any potential design failures and possible improvements. 4. Performing design verification of electrical systems via prototype and preproduction breadboard and vehicle testing. 5. Experience with Vehicle Network protocols including CAN, LIN and Automotive Ethernet. 6. Using Canalyzer, Vector CAN tools and Diagnostic Engineering Tools (DET), for issue debugging and trouble shooting. 7. Root cause analysis using diagnostic trouble codes and CAN bus data. 8. Leading the End of line issue trouble shooting for failures identified during design verification and vehicle launch at manufacturing plants and VOCF. 9. Utilizing the connected vehicle data and KOL logger tools for key-off-load (KOL) issue diagnostics during the vehicle launch period. 10. Interfacing with vehicle product development, design and release engineers and other cross-functional teams.
We are offering a salary of $125,362.00 - $192,900.00/yr.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or related field and 5 years progressive post-baccalaureate experience
- 5 years designing vehicle-level electrical schematics for various subsystems including device transmittal (DT) setup and approvals
- 5 years collaborating with engineering/functional owners to ensure component compatibility across electrical subsystems
- 5 years performing Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on electrical subsystems
- 5 years performing design verification of electrical systems via prototype and preproduction breadboard and vehicle testing
- 5 years experience with vehicle network protocols including CAN, LIN and Automotive Ethernet
- 5 years using CANalyzer, Vector CAN tools and Diagnostic Engineering Tools (DET) for debugging and troubleshooting
- 5 years root cause analysis using diagnostic trouble codes and CAN bus data
- 5 years leading End of Line issue troubleshooting during design verification and vehicle launch at manufacturing plants and VOCF
- 5 years utilizing connected vehicle data and KOL logger tools for key-off-load (KOL) diagnostics
- 5 years interfacing with vehicle product development, design and release engineers and other cross-functional teams
- Must live within reasonable commuting distance of Dearborn, Michigan worksite (hybrid role)
- Domestic travel required up to 30%
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States (employment eligibility verification required at hire)
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Healthcare Strength — Hourly employees retained very low employee cost-sharing under the 2023–2028 UAW–Ford agreement, and salaried materials describe comprehensive day‑one medical, dental, and prescription coverage. Mental-health support and family‑building benefits add depth to the overall health package.
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Retirement Support — U.S. salaried roles feature a notable 401(k) contribution and match structure, and post‑2023 updates increased retirement contributions for many UAW‑represented employees. Together these elements strengthen long‑term financial security.
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