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Electrical Systems Engineer

Dearborn, MI, United States(Hybrid)

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Job Description

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.

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Electrical Systems Engineer to support advanced vehicle development, prototype builds, and pre-production test platforms. This position serves as a subject matter expert for vehicle electrical architecture, electrical schematics, and custom interface development/ PCB design, in a fast-paced, high-visibility engineering environment.

Responsibilities

In this high-visibility position, the engineer will serve as a subject matter expert in vehicle electrical systems, supporting the design, integration, and validation of innovative automotive technologies. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining vehicle electrical architecture, creating and interpreting electrical schematics, and designing custom electrical interfaces and printed circuit boards (PCBs) to support prototype and testing activities. The role requires close collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams in a fast-paced environment to ensure reliable system performance and successful program execution from concept through validation.

What you'll do...

• Development and integration of custom vehicle electrical architectures across prototype and test platforms

• Define and implement vehicle communication networks (CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet)

• Design and deploy custom electrical interfaces to support instrumentation requirements

• Lead analog and digital circuit design and oversee full PCB development lifecycle (design through validation)

• Contribute to prototype builds and key program milestones with hands-on engagement

• Apply signal integrity and network robustness principles to ensure reliable operation in harsh automotive environments.

• Create electrical schematic documentation and configuration management documentation.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline

• 3+ years of experience in electrical systems design, integration, and troubleshooting

• 3+ years of experience in automotive applications and applicable interfaces such as vehicle CAN network communication bus and vehicle diagnostics

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end custom PCB designs

• Demonstrated expertise in automotive electrical architecture and troubleshooting

• Demonstrated experience ensuring end-to-end system integration and validation, from requirements through design and test results

• Experience with resource planning, budget awareness, and cost-conscious engineering decisions

• Proficiency with electrical lab and diagnostic equipment

Even better, you may have...

• Experience supporting prototype, advanced development, or pre-production vehicle programs

• Hands-on experience with vehicle builds, prototype PCB fabrication, and test platform electrical integration

• Experience supporting product launches or high-visibility engineering initiatives

• Strong background in signal integrity and vehicle instrumentation tooling

• Familiarity with networking protocols (CAN, XCP, TCP, UDP) and debugging tools (DET, CANalyzer, etc.)

• Experience with OrCAD, Kicad, Eagle, etc., schematic and PCB creation tooling

• Experience with CAD and PLM tools (e.g., CATIA, AutoCAD, Teamcenter, 3DX)

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 of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.

This position is a range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $86,600-140,000.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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Job Info

• Job Identification65191
• Job CategoryPD Operations and Quality
• Posting Date06/17/2026, 06:22 PM
• Degree LevelBachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Job ScheduleFull time
• Locations15090 N Commerce Dr, Dearborn, MI, 48120, US(Hybrid)

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