Hardware Engineer

• Obtain the datasheet or technical documentation for the electronic component that needs to be created, including information such as pinout, dimensions, recommended land pattern, and electrical characteristics.
• Use the EDA tool's symbol editor to create a schematic symbol that represents the component's electrical connections and functionality.
• Place pins on the symbol and assign appropriate pin names, numbers, and electrical properties based on the component's datasheet.
• Use the EDA tool's footprint editor to create a PCB footprint (land pattern) for the component, involving defining the pad shapes, sizes, and locations based on the recommended land pattern provided in the component's datasheet such as component package type, pin pitch, and manufacturing requirements.
• Use EDA tool knowledge and work with provided APIs to create a comprehensive and efficient part request form.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive electronic component library, including accurate component data, schematic symbols, and PCB footprints.
• Create circuit schematics using schematic capture tools, such as Mentor Graphics to represent the electrical connections and functionality of the circuit.
• Develop PCB layouts using software tools like Mentor Graphics PADS, considering factors such as component placement, routing, signal integrity, power distribution, and manufacturability.
• Ensure that the designed schematics and PCB layouts comply with relevant industry standards, such as IPC standards for PCB design and manufacturing.
• Train and mentor engineering teams about the tool, symbol, cell and schematic creation.
• Create and develop hardware components and systems, including circuit boards, processors, and other electronic devices.
• Identify and resolve issues in hardware designs, including debugging and modifying existing designs to improve performance or address problems.
• Ensure that designs comply with relevant regulations and standards, such as safety and environmental guidelines.

Senior Hardware Engineer

• Responsible for developing and executing the manufacturing industrialization strategy for Controller Hardware and Mechatronic Systems from program sourcing through production launch and ongoing manufacturing support.
• Lead end-to-end industrialization activities for Controller Hardware, including manufacturing design and process development, launch readiness, capacity planning, and production scalability.
• Drive supplier manufacturing readiness assessments and execution of launch milestones.
• Establish manufacturing strategies to support current and future Controller and Mechatronic Hardware programs.
• Ensure manufacturing processes are capable of meeting quality, throughput, cost, safety, and delivery expectations.
• Assess supplier manufacturing capabilities and identify risks that could impact successful program execution.
• Lead manufacturing readiness reviews throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Develop and execute supplier automation roadmaps aligned to Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 principles.
• Drive implementation of Smart Factory technologies.
• Lead supplier assessments utilizing the Overall Automation Maturity Index (OAMI).

Hardware Engineer – Manufacturing

• Manage and lead the HLM suppliers to comply with program cost, weight, quality, performance, and timing targets.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver a robust system at vehicle level, ensuring all system interfaces of the HLM components are evaluated and validated.
• Create and present technical presentations for peer and management reviews.
• Actively participate in the Technical Design Reviews.
• Release and update parts in FEDEBOM and WERS through the product life cycle.
• Review impact of PDL revisions and proceed accordingly if affected.

Product Development Engineer – Hardware, Locks, and Mechanisms

• Lead Core design work for ADAS components per the Global Product Development System process on various vehicle programs.
• Provide cost-efficient and quality parts on time, maintaining ownership and governance of component-specific robustness quality documentation (DFMEA, DVP&R, SCCAF, etc.).
• Lead the Sourcing Process, including investment, piece price, and tooling cost reviews, and prepare initial and final sourcing documents including ESOW, Engineering Specifications, System and Component Requirements.
• Manage and execute software technical design reviews and releases for prototype, production, and service
• Lead and perform Failure Mode Avoidance and Functional Safety analyses to examine potential failure modes and design suitable prevention strategies.
• Conduct Technical Design Reviews, interfacing with Ford application activities and supplier engineering (software, hardware, mechanical, etc.).
• Lead in the creation and signoff of E/E information like WCCA, Device Transmittals, Specifications, and Electrical Schematics.
• Support Vehicle Operations activities to determine appropriate assembly and testing processes.
• Interface with other engineers, Vehicle Engineering, suppliers, and management to ensure compliance with required specifications and efficient critical decision-making.
• Support program-related work such as Bill of Materials (BOM), integration and packaging, parts release, requirements compliance, Engineering Signoff, 2-pagers, AIMs, FMA, Subsystem/Supplier work plans, DVP&R, and Engineering Sign-off.
• Analyze data, identify root causes of issues, and develop corrective actions to optimize processes and achieve desired outcomes. Strong systems engineering approach to problem-solving and design. Drive troubleshooting and development of solutions for Hardware, Software, and packaging issues found during validation and launch using problem-solving best practices (8D, Is/Is not, 3L5W, fishbones, etc.).
• Support prototype builds and vehicle launch, which may require travel.
• Identify validation, durability, and functional testing required for a given program’s change scope.
• Support ongoing warranty reduction and improvements.

ADAS Core Hardware Engineer

• Conduct design reviews of ECU circuit designs to ensure they meet industry standards and automotive requirements for SI, EMC, and electrical robustness.
• Run simulations to catch potential issues early, and follow up with lab measurements to validate.
• Define SI budgets for different parts of the system (board, cable, connector, etc.), keeping jitter, noise, crosstalk, and EMI/EMC in mind.
• Formulate board-level requirements for layout, interconnects, routing, and components.
• Create design verification test methods and run tests based on industry standards and internal requirements.
• Lead functional failure root-cause analysis and corrective actions for prototypes and production vehicles.
• Lead component-level qualification of networking components for use in Ford products by reviewing EMI/EMC, interoperability, and other conformance reports.
• Work closely with other Product Development teams (like EMC, Electrical Distribution Systems, and Vehicle Validation) to ensure SI is considered throughout the whole process.
• Provide technical guidance to Product Development teams on feasibility, design alternatives, and design oversight for in-vehicle network implementations.
• Collaborate with software and firmware teams during hardware bring-up and testing.
• Build strong relationships with silicon, cable, and connector vendors to evaluate and introduce emerging technologies.
• Contribute to industry standards efforts to reduce component cost, improve test automation, and address common automotive challenges in collaboration with industry experts.

• You will be a senior individual contributor in the Wireless Technology organization, with primary responsibility for Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth connectivity on multi‑radio products.
• Translate vehicle‑level use cases into robust, testable RF hardware and system requirements.
• Contribute to Wi‑Fi/BT RF system architectures defined by Staff/Principal engineers and help drive those architectures into concrete designs and validation plans.
• Lead RF validation, characterization, and debug across bench, chamber, and in‑vehicle environments, with a strong emphasis on multi‑radio coexistence.
• Actively collaborate with GM’s compliance teams and external labs in debugging and troubleshooting issues found in Wi‑Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG certification.

Senior Hardware Engineer – Wi-Fi/BT Connectivity

• Design and optimize the optical film stack architecture for LCD modules used in automotive interior displays
• Select appropriate brightness enhancement and optical compensation films (e.g., DBEF, BEF, diffuser, prism, etc.) based on application and system requirements
• Conduct film stack simulations and ray tracing analysis to evaluate trade-offs in brightness, viewing angle, color shift, and efficiency
• Collaborate with display panel suppliers to define and validate film stack structures under automotive conditions including temperature cycling, humidity, vibration, and sunlight exposure
• Analyze optical measurement data (e.g., luminance, contrast ratio, haze, reflectance, viewing cone, color shift) and correlate with film stack properties
• Investigate and resolve optical issues such as non-uniformity, Mura, and halo artifacts related to film stack interaction
• Interface with materials suppliers to evaluate new film materials and lamination processes for enhanced durability and optical performance
• Provide technical direction on film stack DFM and ensure robust performance across the display supply chain.

Senior Hardware Engineer – Display Optics

• Define MCU performance analysis strategies, including KPIs, workloads, benchmarks, coverage goals, and pass/fail criteria.
• Develop performance and design specifications to support sourcing, architecture trade-offs, and ECU/system decisions.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across cores, memory, interconnects, peripherals, and software stacks.
• Build and maintain MCU performance models to support architectural exploration, sizing studies, and what-if analyses.
• Select or develop representative workloads and benchmarks for automotive use cases such as real-time control, diagnostics, safety monitoring, communications, and signal processing.
• Create and maintain automation, tools, and scripts for analysis, data collection, and reporting using Python, C/C++, or similar languages.
• Partner with hardware, ECU, and software teams to translate system requirements into measurable performance targets and test cases.
• Present performance insights, trade-offs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Senior Hardware Engineer – MCU Performance Analysis

• Lead the design, development, and release of the "nervous system" for Ford Energy’s energy storage programs.
• Own the hardware architecture for cell sensing, balancing, isolation monitoring, and fault detection.
• Translate complex system requirements into robust, high-voltage hardware designs that ensure the safety and reliability of grid-scale assets.

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