Customer Accreditation, Bankability and Audits Engineer, Ford Energy

Ford Energy; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Energy in Dearborn, MI, is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer focused on bankability and audit readiness for large-scale BESS deployments. You will translate rigorous internal quality controls into externally verifiable documentation to satisfy project financiers and insurers.

You will lead bankability reviews, coordinate audits with customers and partners, and develop standardized documentation packages while working closely with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting project finance, insurance, or bankability technical reviews in energy or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong customer-facing communication and audit management skills.

Responsibilities

• Bankability & Financial Due Diligence Support: Manage technical bankability reviews for project financiers and independent engineers.
• Customer & Third-Party Audit Management: Coordinate and host audits of engineering, manufacturing, and quality processes.
• Prepare audit-ready documentation and coordinate cross-functional teams ahead of scheduled audits.

Skills

Bankability reviews

Audit management

Customer-facing communication

Presentation to stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SharePoint

Audit management software

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Why Ford Energy?

At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands. Learn more at https://fordenergy.com.

This role ensures Ford Energy's products and quality processes satisfy the accreditation, due-diligence, and 'bankability' expectations of customers, project financiers, insurers, and independent engineers involved in large-scale energy storage deployments. Bankability is a critical commercial enabler for BESS projects — without it, projects cannot secure financing or insurance. This engineer serves as the technical face of Ford Energy Quality to the external commercial ecosystem, translating internal quality rigor into confidence-inspiring documentation and audit performance.

Responsibilities

What you'll do:

• Bankability & Financial Due Diligence Support
  • Manage technical bankability reviews requested by project financiers, lenders, and independent engineers (IEs) evaluating BESS project risk.
  • Prepare and maintain a standardized 'bankability package' of technical documentation (design basis, certification status, warranty terms, quality process summaries) for rapid response to financier requests.
  • Support responses to insurer technical questionnaires related to product safety, reliability, and failure history.
• Customer & Third-Party Audit Management
  • Coordinate and host customer, financier, and/or third-party quality system audits of engineering, manufacturing, and quality processes.
  • Prepare audit-ready documentation and coordinate cross-functional teams (manufacturing, engineering, quality) ahead of scheduled audits.
  • Track audit findings, drive corrective action plans, and report closure status to both customers and internal leadership.

Qualifications

You'll have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting project finance, insurance, or bankability technical reviews in energy or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong customer-facing communication and audit management skills.

Even better, you may have...

• Direct experience with stationary BESS bankability reviews or independent engineer (IE) assessments.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 or similar quality management system accreditation frameworks.
• Experience presenting technical risk topics to non-technical financial stakeholders.
• Document management/SharePoint
• Audit management software
• Presentation tools (PowerPoint) for executive-level readouts
• Typical Career Path
• Progression toward Senior Customer Quality Engineer, Bankability Program Lead, or Head of Quality track roles with increasing external-facing scope.
• Physical Demands & Working Conditions
  • This role is primarily performed in an office, laboratory, manufacturing, or supplier environment, depending on program needs.
  • Occasional work in high-voltage or industrial environments may be required, with appropriate training and personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Ability and willingness to travel occasionally to support testing, supplier, manufacturing, or customer activities.
• Location & Travel
  • This position is based in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • Travel may be required to support supplier, manufacturing, laboratory, and customer activities.

Benefits

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.,

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.,

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

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.

Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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