Sr. Worst Case Circuit Analysis Engineer

Job Description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world — together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

In this position, we 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 to deliver breakthrough, innovative, and sustainable products and services that delight customers across global mobility and technology platforms.

What you’ll do:

• 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 circuit schematics and PCB layout implementation using industry standard tools.
• Strive to simplify the design, make it easy to manufacture, mistake‑proof, anticipate areas of large variation, and 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 with design requirements.
• Define stress‑test routines required to validate functional sections.
• Document failure modes and provide 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.

You’ll have:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field of study.
• 5+ years of experience in electronics circuit design, modeling and analysis, preferably in a high‑reliability industry (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.).
• 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.).

Even better, you may have:

• Proficient in simulation tools for signal integrity and power management circuitry.
• Experience in specialized complex hardware and embedded software systems.
• Familiar with automotive reliability requirements and component selection for automotive electronics.
• Familiar with automotive EMC requirements and good design practices for EMC‑robust design.
• Ability to communicate effectively with business users and engineering professionals (globally distributed teams, ability to adjust communication appropriately for the audience, work with all levels of management and diverse work groups, etc.).
• Motivated and self‑starter.
• Collaboration and leadership skills.

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 change maker, 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
• Flex…