EECAE and WCCA Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Electrical Engineer responsible for CAE analysis and circuit performance review at Ford. Involved in product development with a focus on engineering principles and user experience.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $96,720 - $162,120 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform the CAE analysis and review the DTs.
Analyze and identify critical hardware components affecting circuit performance, including electrical characteristics, tolerances, environmental factors, and system-level interactions, while contributing to Product Development efforts that apply design thinking and user experience methods
Perform CAE analysis but creating / validating component models in Saber or other simulation tools.
Perform WCCA for products utilizing engineering principles. Apply best practices, lessons learned and innovative design techniques to achieve a reliable product at a competitive cost.
Review circuits schematic and PCB layout implementation using industry standard tools.
Strive to simplify the design, make it easy to manufacture, mistake proof, attempt to anticipate areas of large variation and attempt to maximize design robustness.
Perform tolerance stack up/worst case circuit analyses (Extreme Value, RMS or Monte Carlo as required). - Capture and codify WCCA lessons learned.
Perform power integrity (PDN, IRdrop) and signal integrity analysis as required.
Generate professional reports and make changes as necessary based on findings.
Confer with other engineering team and cross functional team members on a frequent basis to ensure all aspects of the design are coming together seamlessly.
Participate in technical design reviews to ensure compliance to design requirements.
Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections.
Document failure modes and feedback to improve design requirements.
Lead the resolution of functional abnormalities observed in module designs.
Ensure Ford and industry lessons learned are documented in the associated quality history

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field of study
Experience in Electronic Circuit disciplines and processes
Experience with circuit analysis software tools, e.g. Mathcad, and simulation tools: Spice, Saber, etc.
Experience with vehicle communication protocols CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet
5+ years' Experience in specialized complex hardware and embedded software systems
Knowledgeable on microprocessors, solid state memory, cameras, displays and sensors
Working knowledge of industry standard interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, Ethernet, LVDS, DDR, PCI, I2S, A2B, etc.)
Experience working with test equipment (e.g. programmable power supplies, DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic and network analyzers, temperature chambers, etc.)
Proficient in simulation tools for signal integrity and power management circuitry.
Familiar with automotive reliability requirements, and component selection for automotive electronics.
Familiar with automotive EMC requirements and good design practices for EMC robust design.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

CAE analysiscircuit analysistolerance stack up analysispower integrity analysissignal integrity analysisdesign thinkinguser experience methodsWCCAembedded software systemsautomotive electronics

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingleadershipdocumentationdesign simplificationinnovationattention to detailcross-functional teamworktechnical review participation

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineeringBachelor's degree in Computer Engineering