High Voltage Core Systems Engineer

Ford - Lincoln Veteran Careers Program; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave and family care support

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Ford seeks a highly motivated engineer to join the core high voltage systems team in Dearborn. You will develop engineering documentation for HV systems and battery programs, working with eDrive, charging, controls, and Vehicle Energy Management teams.

You will lead HV system architecture development, establish cross-functional interfaces, and drive continuous improvement through DFMEAs, design rules, and test methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical, Systems, or equivalent discipline.
• 2+ years of high-voltage battery or EV powertrain integration experience.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to facilitate team meetings and interface with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as project lead for HV electrical system projects and studies, including FMEA and design reviews.
• Develop core HV system design specifications and define supporting processes and responsibilities.
• Map HV battery design processes across HV systems, components, and interfaces.
• Develop traceability between xEV attributes and requirements to improve workbook processes.
• Lead global implementation of the Technical Assessment Process and support continuous improvement actions.
• Support development of generic HV electrical architecture and subsystem interaction.

Skills

HV systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Communication skills

Prioritization & self-management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

In this position...

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our core high voltage systems engineering team. The engineer in this role is responsible for developing core engineering documentation including, requirements, design rules, test methods, design reviews, DFMEAs, P-diagrams, boundary diagrams, and SCCPs for new and existing technologies in the domain of high voltage systems and high voltage battery systems.

This position will be expected to work cross-functionally with eDrive, non-motive power conversion, charging, and controls teams as well as interface with Vehicle Energy Management Engineering, Vehicle Architecture, and Systems Engineering teams. You will also be responsible for supporting the broader high voltage applications teams and high voltage battery unit teams as they progress through the GPDS process.

What you'll do...

• Act as project lead for high voltage electrical system projects and studies including failure mode assessment, prevent recurrence actions, cost optimization studies, new architecture studies, cost reduction actions, and new technology adoption studies.
• Lead the development of a core generic high voltage system design specification document and define the supporting pre-PS and post-PS processes and cross functional responsibilities.
• Lead cross functional interfaces within EPE to map the EPE Core process for HV Battery design, attribute implementation, and information exchange across HV systems, component teams, and VEME.
• Develop traceability between xEV attributes and requirements to improve unit workbook processes and high voltage architecture decision making.
• Lead global implementation of the Technical Assessment Process and support battery technical leader in continuous improvement actions and process definition.
• Support the development of generic high voltage electrical architecture, including high voltage electrical layout and subsystem interaction, to optimize high voltage system-level designs.
• Support high voltage core systems technical specialists with their development of core engineering processes, reviews and sign-offs, and development of advanced high voltage batter concepts with foundation document development, optimization analysis, and trade-off studies.
• Author HV Battery Unit Requirements (RQT), Design Rules (DR), and Test Methods (TM), and progress them through internal review and approval processes (Tech Clubs and EDC) to release to FEDE.
• Support the unit workbook process
• Support DFMEA development

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical, Systems, or equivalent Engineering discipline
• 2+ years of high-voltage battery or equivalent EV powertrain integration / program experience
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills
• Ability to facilitate team meetings, effectiveness interfacing with cross-functional teams
• Candidates must be able to work under operational pressures, set priorities and self-manage

Even better, you may have...

• M.S. in Electrical, Systems, or equivalent Engineering discipline
• 2+ years vehicle program experience – PAT, PMT or D&R
• System or vehicle attribute advocacy experience, knowledgeable of Systems V Process: target setting, cascade process, assessment and reporting
• Experience writing and issuing of functional requirements, design rules and foundation documentation

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 5 to salary grade 8. Salary grade ranges from $65,100-$109,300; salary grade 6 ranges from $74,300-$124,500; salary grade 7 ranges from $86,600-$144,900; 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. For more information on salary and benefits, https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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.