Staff Integration Engineer - Compute and Connectivity

About the role

At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move.

Job Type

Full time

Work Type

Hybrid

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Module Ownership: Spearhead the end-to-end engineering and development strategy for HPCC and TCU systems, containing multi-SoC compute platforms and wireless telematics (cellular, GNSS, Wi-Fi) to successfully transition designs to high-volume manufacturing.
• Supplier Leadership: Serve as the primary technical DRI for internal and external suppliers. Lead design reviews, manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), ensure validation testing and engineering deliverables are completed.
• Validation & Quality: Own the Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R), lead FMEA/risk assessments, and develop robust quality control measures and testing protocols.
• Requirements & Trade Studies: Perform detailed trade studies, define interfaces, and cascade component functional/interface requirements to suppliers. Verify software behaviors, electrical characteristics, and network interfaces against specifications.
• Testing & Issue Resolution: Validate core functionality on bench, desktop, and lab-car environments. Serve as the single point of contact to troubleshoot and resolve complex electrical, hardware, and software issues during lab-car, prototype, and vehicle assembly/commissioning phases.
• Software & Network Integration: Validate software and electrical HW integration on-vehicle. Maintain and test ECU network interfaces (Ethernet, CAN, SPI, VLAN).
• Diagnostics, Bootloader & Security: Own DTCs, DIDs, UDS routines, and manufacturing diagnostics. Manage bootloader interfaces and cybersecurity-related integration requirements (CMA, Service $27 Security Access).
• Plant & Service Interface: Partner with manufacturing and plant engineering to define calibration routines, configuration writes, VIN consumption, in-line software updates, and in-station diagnostics for factory and dealer environments.
• Multi-SoC Compute Platform Design: Lead the integration of a complex, liquid-cooled, dual-board housing containing high-performance application processors (x86/ARM), ADAS processors, and automotive-grade MCUs, managing power sequencing, thermal design, and signal integrity.
• Telematics & Connectivity Architecture: Drive vehicle telematics platform integration (4G/5G, single/dual-band GNSS, Wi-Fi, 100Base-T1 Ethernet) to support high-bandwidth, cloud-connected vehicle features.
• Advanced Power Architecture: Manage integration within a 48V primary low-voltage architecture (no traditional 12V battery), including PMIC design, power monitoring, and low-power sleep/wake schemes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate the HPCC-TCU interface (VLAN routing, netloader flashing, OTA orchestration) while collaborating with Controls, UX, Software, Purchasing, Quality, and Plant teams to deliver a cohesive, budget-compliant system.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience working on complex automotive electronics design or systems integration, with direct experience on compute modules, telematics/connectivity units, or high-performance embedded systems.
• 5+ years of experience driving hardware from concept through production launch in a high-volume automotive or equivalent environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of a major electronic module as a DRI or equivalent technical lead, including supplier management, DVP&R, BOM ownership, and program milestone delivery.
• Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering, embedded systems engineering, and multi-SoC platform integration.
• Strong foundation in automotive networking and embedded software integration, including Ethernet, CAN, VLAN, SPI, diagnostics, bootloaders, and OTA workflows.
• Proven debugging and diagnostic skills across electrical, mechanical, and software domains.
• Experience with requirements management using industry-standard software platforms.
• Excellent teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.

Benefits

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

Pay

$150,200 - $283,500

Schedule

Hybrid