Platform Hardware Technical Engineer

🕒 March 13

🏢🏡 Dearborn – Hybrid

💵 $63.5k - $162.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Ford Motor Company

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10,000+ employees

🚗 Transport

🔧 Hardware

👥 B2C

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $3G Post IPO debt on 2025-08

Transport • Hardware • B2C

Ford Motor Company is a global automotive manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets, and services a wide range of passenger cars, SUVs, trucks, commercial vehicles, and electrified vehicles. The company operates vehicle sales through dealer networks and direct digital channels, provides financing and insurance services (Ford Credit, Ford Insure), offers connected vehicle software and services (SYNC, Ford app, BlueCruise), and supplies parts, service, and fleet solutions through Ford Pro. Ford also invests in electrification, battery manufacturing, and sustainability initiatives while maintaining substantial manufacturing and R&D operations worldwide.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain assumptions for Platform Hardware iterations (FNV3.2, 3.3, 3.X), managing and driving resolution of hardware risks, technical challenges, change control, complexity reduction and cost. • Provide Technical Hardware Platform direction through engineering gateways and financial milestones from pre-program through FDJ, acting as single point of contact between SET/VHE/VHM, Program Planning, Tech Strategy, Design/Release, Finance, Quality, Attribute, STA, VO, and NML teams. • Work with the Functional D&Rs / Hardware Teams / SETs / TPMs to ensure all work in support of Program content is completed on time, with quality. Manage functional content alignment supports Platform initiatives and program objectives. • Ensure all Technical Platform hardware is sourced, released, validated and delivered in support of program timing. Review and ensure BOM accuracy and completeness including content alignment with Tech Strategy and Architecture teams. • Support the DV process by proactively cascading Platform requirements, driving DFMEA development, leading hardware audits/reviews, ensuring proper classification, test planning, vehicle requests and availability. • Drive ECU part updates for all Platform breadboards and preproduction builds at the build site. Work with D&R Engineers, SETs / VHEs, suppliers, New Models, MP&L, and other stakeholders to organize and lead HW update events. Ensure all required part and vehicle level updates are completed on time and with quality, in support of build timing. • Represent the Technical Platform Hardware Team in Program and Vehicle Operations forums (e.g. Hardware Architecture Stand up, PSTs, CNE DF, Change Control, Milestone reviews, Design reviews, AIMs, Jira, Pedigree reviews, etc.). Also, organize, lead and follow-up issue- or deliverable-specific meetings.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field • 3+ years of automotive PMT, Program Management, Design & Release, Hardware/Software Development, and/or EE Systems Integration. • Self-direction. • Clear, concise and organized written and verbal communication skills. • Effective meeting facilitation. • Outstanding organizational/delegation skills with proactive follow-up to accomplish multiple parallel objectives in timely fashion. • Outstanding interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work well with others as part of a multi-functional team. • Microsoft Teams, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and JIRA. • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field (even better). • Ford AIMs, JIRA, WERS, FEDE, VSEM, GDT, JAMA, 3DX, Global Integrator (even better). • Product Development at Ford Motor Company, Electrical and/or Hardware preferred (even better).

🏖️ 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 • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.