Internship Pcb Designer Jobs in Boca Raton, FL (NOW HIRING)

In this position...
You will be part of an engineering team designing advanced electronic control units for next-generation vehicles. You will collaborate with other engineers to block-diagram, design, implement, simulate, validate, and optimize circuits in your section. You will be responsible for executing a rigorous hardware test plan in our state-of-the-art laboratories to ensure our hardware meets Ford's world-class quality standards.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...

• Design high-speed digital circuits to meet section requirements.
• Design circuits using industry-standard schematic capture tools.
• Implement layouts for assigned subsections.
• Design complex high-speed signals that meet impedance requirements.
• Perform worst-case analysis of circuits in your area of responsibility.
• Generate documentation that defines processor pin assignments.
• Develop detailed design documents.
• Perform failure mode analysis and generate process documentation.
• Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections.
• Design communication links between the processor, other internal subsections, and external modules.
• Formulate test plans to ensure component-level performance.
• Validation testing to ensure performance over temperature and voltage extremes.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve issues in assigned sections.
• Participate in system design reviews.
• Interface closely with other teams, such as Software, Mechanical, and Manufacturing, as well as external component suppliers.
• Travel occasionaly as required.

Qualifications
You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• 6+ months of experience with hardware or embedded software systems (internship and coursework allowed)
• Legal eligibility to work in the U.S. (Sponsorship is unavailable for this role)
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, Altium, OrCAD, or similar) to support circuit design and layout implementation.
• Working knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals (circuit theory, digital logic, signal integrity basics) as applied to embedded or automotive electronic systems.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, datasheets, and technical specifications to support circuit design, validation, and troubleshooting activities.

Even better, you may have...

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• Knowledge of microprocessors, solid state memory, cameras, displays, and sensors
• Solid understanding of industry-standard interfaces (e.g., LVDS, DDR, PCI, I2C, and Ethernet)
• Excellent hardware and software debugging skills
• Familiarity with test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, temperature chambers, time-domain reflectometers, and precision power meters)
• A motivated self-starter mindset
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills

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.
This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid
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