Sr. Electrical System Validation 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...

The Sr. Electrical System Validation Engineer will contribute to the validation of the Low Voltage systems and be responsible for ensuring its reliable performance. You will lead system-level design and validation activities and work side by side with various cross-functional teams to support product design, vehicle behaviors definition, prototype bring-up, and validation with a system level focus. You will lead bring-up and validation activities for each vehicle build and be responsible for overall functionality and performance of Low Voltage systems throughout product life cycle.

You will conceptualize, design, engineer, develop, and support the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.

What you’ll do...

• Perform bench level and vehicle level electrical system testing and validation

• Perform Worst Case Circuit Analysis on power electronics converters and electrical systems

• Review schematics and layouts for Low voltage ECUs, body controllers, and zonal modules

• Propose electrical circuit/system design changes to improve electrical system performance

• Perform electrical system fault testing and validate system protection strategies

• Electrical system power budget testing and validation

• Electrical system simulation to characterize low voltage system stability

• Develop proper test plans to validate system performance in low voltage electrical systems

• Gain deep technical knowledge on existing low voltage system architecture and propose strategies to enhance system reliability and stability

• Work with component suppliers to characterize the loads in a low voltage system

• Determine safe operating voltage range and other relevant constraints for electrical system loads

• Play an active role in low voltage system failure root cause analysis

• Support low voltage system requirement definition

• Ensure reliability of low voltage system by proposing proper load management strategies

• Perform trade studies to realize efficient system design strategies and optimize for cost

You’ll have...

• B.S in Electrical, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• 5+ years of combined electrical HW design and low voltage system validation experience

• 3+ years of experience with performing WCCA analysis

• Power Electronics HW development experience including schematic and layout design, board bring up, and bench testing

• Deep technical knowledge on power converter topologies including isolated and non-isolated

• Extensive hands-on experience in power electronics and electrical system testing

• Experience and working knowledge of systems development and electric vehicle’s electrical architecture

• Strong understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them to automotive concepts

• Proven debugging and diagnostic skills in electrical, mechanical, and software domains

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