- Dearborn, Michigan, United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time · Manager
- $133K–$251K per year
- 10+ years
Senior, hands‑on individual contributor responsible for the technical direction, electrical robustness, and production readiness of Ford’s in‑vehicle network hardware.
Compensation
This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Ford’s global technical authority for in‑vehicle networks hardware
- Establish technical direction for CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, SerDes, GMSL, FPD‑Link, and emerging communication technologies
- Provide guidance on transceiver selection, circuit implementation, termination, protection components, grounding, PCB layout, connectors, cables, wiring topologies, and vehicle integration
- Act as the technical escalation point for significant NetCom hardware decisions and issues
- Author, own, interpret, and improve Ford NetCom hardware requirements, specifications, design rules, and validation methods
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline
- Nice to have: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- Nice to have: 15+ years of relevant automotive electronic‑hardware experience
- Nice to have: knowledge of 10BASE‑T1S
- Nice to have: 100/1000BASE‑T1