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As a member of Ford’s Advanced Networking Department, the Senior Hardware Engineer will work on ensuring signal integrity for high-speed communication links. The Advanced Networking Group plays a crucial role in identifying and developing optimal in-vehicle communication networks for Ford's next-generation electrical architecture. This involves integrating new network technologies, enhancing the performance of existing ones, and maintaining electrical robustness for automotive applications. The group is tasked with creating network requirement specifications and design verification documents spanning from OSI model's layer 1 (hardware) to layer 2. These specifications are utilized by Product Development teams across all vehicle programs. Additionally, the group ensures the accurate implementation of in-vehicle communication networks through comprehensive design reviews, simulations, measurements, and proof of concept.

In this position...

Creating test plans and performing tests as per industry standards.

Interfacing with product development teams - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS), and Vehicle validation to integrate signal integrity throughout the product development process.

Providing product development teams with technical guidance, feasibility, alternatives, and oversight regarding in-vehicle network implementations.

Driving industry standards development to lower component costs, automate testing, and solve common automotive industry problems along with industry experts.

What you'll do...

• Specifying automotive communication network interfaces, including PCB components, layout, cables, connectors, etc., to ensure compliance with industry standards and automotive requirements for Signal Integrity (SI) and Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC).

• Performing signal integrity simulations to identify and resolve potential problems, conducting measurements for validation and correlation.

• Specifying SI budget requirements for individual segments (board, cable, connectors, etc.) considering jitter, noise, crosstalk, and EMI/EMC.

• Formulating requirements based on learnings for board-level layout, interconnects, routing, termination, and supporting components for end-to-end design.

• Formulating design verification test methods to ensure robustness/performance.

• Reviewing circuit designs for signal integrity compliance.

• Leading signal integrity functional failure problem-solving activities in prototypes and production vehicles.

• Creating test plans and performing tests as per industry standards.

• Interfacing with product development teams - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS), and vehicle validation to integrate signal integrity throughout the product development process.

Providing product development teams with technical guidance, feasibility, alternatives, and oversight regarding in-vehicle network implementations.

Driving industry standards development to lower component costs, automate testing, and solve common automotive industry problems along with industry experts.

Collaborating with the software team to support hardware bring-up and testing.

Building working relationships with chip, cable, connector vendors to evaluate emerging technology.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical degree.

• 5+ years of experience designing high-speed digital circuits.

• 2+ years of experience with at least one or more SI simulation and PCB design tools such as Mentor Graphics Hyperlynx, Cadence Sigrity, HSpice, ANSYS HFSS/SIwave, or equivalent.

• Hands-on experience with lab testing and characterization - Proficient in using lab test equipment (e.g., Oscilloscopes, Vector Network Analyzer, Time Domain Reflectometer, and circuit board rework station).

• Solid understanding of industry standard interfaces (e.g., CAN, LIN, SerDes, PCI, and Ethernet).

• Proficient in transmission line theory, s-parameters, bit error rate testing, crosstalk, characteristic impedance, eye diagrams, and time-domain analysis.

• Good understanding of EMC principles in automotive applications.

Even better, you may have...

• PhD or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Signal Integrity.

• 7+ years of experience with designing high-speed digital circuits.

• 5+ years of experience with SI simulation tools.

• Experience in designing, modeling, and characterizing high-speed network interfaces.

• In-depth knowledge of transmission line and electromagnetic theory.

• Experience with networking hardware, network structures, data transmission rate, network configuration, and networking protocols.

• Knowledgeable on microprocessors, DDR, PCIe, cameras, displays, and sensors.

• Experience with EMC/EMI and regulatory requirements for automotive components.

• Experience capturing and writing requirements specifications.

• Experience with vehicle diagnostic tools to troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve vehicle network issues.

• Experience working with Automotive Standards organizations like IEEE, SAE, ASA, OpenAlliance.

• Self-Starter: Willing to take on an assignment with general goals and work in a team to complete it.

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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grades SG5 - SG8 .

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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