Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Electrical/Electronics Engineer

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Ford's Model E team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. Model e 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 Ford Electrified Systems Engineering team is looking for a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Electrical/Electronics Engineer to help design and maintain current and future HIL battery simulators which serve as the testbeds for Battery Management System (BMS) software validation. You will work in a team environment to deliver HIL battery simulator testbeds on time with efficiency and quality.

As a HIL Electrical Engineer, you will develop expertise in electric and hybrid vehicle high voltage traction battery fundamentals, gain knowledge in vehicle electrical and communication architectures, and become familiar with Ford's Global Product Development System.

This position collaborates closely with HIL software engineers, electrical technologists, suppliers, BMS software developers, and test engineers to develop a strong understanding of the vehicle functions and implement appropriate design strategies for new features and updates.

What you'll do...

Responsible for leading the design and development of battery HIL simulator hardware functions and requirements.

Work with BMS Control/Software Engineers, Vehicle System Engineers, and battery HIL software engineers in the development of the hardware requirements for the battery HIL simulators based on BMS needs.

Lead the development of battery HIL hardware schematics and layouts both internally and with suppliers.

Conduct failure mode analysis of the various hardware components and failure mode management strategies.

Coordinate with electronic/EMC specialists and complete development and validation of the electronic circuit development.

Coordinate and conduct design verification testing at the electronics and battery HIL testbed level.

Isolation detection topologies, strategies, and processing.

Battery control hardware design architectures.

Data sampling/filter design for current sensor, Battery Pack Sensing Module (BPSM) data (cell/PACKV), coil currents.

Implementation and testing of low noise instrumentation circuits.

Opamp, logic gate, and MOSFET driver circuit analysis.

Data isolator circuit implementation.

Sensor interface to micro (including hall effect devices).

Implementation of 32 bit micro into automotive module - low level details & analysis.

Controller networking architectures and hardware.

You'll have...

B.S. or higher in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with specialty in circuit design and control  theory.

2+ years of hands-on experience with electronic module design and testing.

2+ years of good working knowledge of Microprocessor based controller design and testing.

2+ years of good working knowledge of communication circuits and protocols (e.g. CAN, Serial, etc.).

Even better, you may have...

M.S. or higher in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with specialty in circuit design and control theory.

5+ years of hands-on experience with electronic module design and testing.

1+ years of experience in Li-Ion battery controls.

1+ years of electronic manufacturing experience.

1+ years of experience in Spice or similar for circuit design simulations.

1+ years of experience with Altium

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, 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:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

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