HV Battery Systems Engineer - Core & Architecture

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly motivated engineer to join its core high voltage systems engineering team in Dearborn. The role focuses on developing core engineering documentation (RQT, DR, TM), HV battery system design, and cross-functional collaboration across eDrive, charging, controls, and vehicle energy management teams.

The position requires leading HV projects, establishing design specifications, and enabling traceability from requirements to architecture while supporting DFMEA

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical, Systems, or equivalent.
• 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.
• Ability to work under operational pressures and self-manage.

Responsibilities

• 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 battery 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

Skills

HV system design

Requirements development

DFMEA

Cross-functional leadership

System architecture

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly motivated engineer to join its core high voltage systems engineering team in Dearborn. The role focuses on developing core engineering documentation (RQT, DR, TM), HV battery system design, and cross-functional collaboration across eDrive, charging, controls, and vehicle energy management teams.

The position requires leading HV projects, establishing design specifications, and enabling traceability from requirements to architecture while supporting DFMEA