Lead Dyno Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Family care days

Parental leave

Adoption reimbursement

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Community service days

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in the United States seeks a Lead Dyno Engineer to own the readiness, calibration, and data integrity of our dynamometer lab supporting EV development and certification testing.

You will lead EV energy consumption, range, and road load testing per SAE J1634, J2263/J2264, and EPA/WLTP requirements, while driving lab operations, QA, and data analysis to ensure audit-ready documentation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in automotive test engineering with dynamometer lab experience on electrified vehicle programs.
• 3+ years in a lead/senior engineering role for compliance, quality, or lab management.
• Working knowledge of SAE J1634, J2263, J2264, EPA EV certification requirements, and EU WLTP BEV test procedures.
• Experience with EV thermal/range development testing across various conditions.
• Experience supporting ISO17025 accreditation, including measurement uncertainty and audits.
• Strong data analysis skills with MATLAB or Python for processing dyno/CAN/energy data.
• Experience with high-voltage energy measurement systems and calibration traceability.
• Experience managing lab information/test management systems.
• Strong technical writing skills for SOPs and audit documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own dyno readiness for chassis and hub-coupled systems: calibration schedules, preventative maintenance, and equipment qualification.
• Lead EV energy consumption, range, and road load testing per SAE J1634, J2263/J2264, and EPA/WLTP requirements.
• Lead EU WLTP testing for BEVs, including road load setting and range/consumption protocols.
• Author and version-control SOPs, QA documentation, and calibration logs for audits.
• Develop and optimize lab operations, instrumentation, safety protocols, and data visualization.
• Run thermal and range development programs across drive cycles and climates.
• Support ISO17025 accreditation activities including method validation and audits.
• Coordinate test scheduling with battery/thermal/SW engineering and program teams.

Skills

Test engineering

Dynamometer lab

Data analysis

Lead engineering

MATLAB

Python

Education

Mechanical, Electrical, or Automotive Engineering

Tools

AVL Puma

VECON

Rototest DynoVision

Dyno control systems

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...

The Lead Dyno Engineer owns the readiness, calibration, and data integrity of our chassis and hub-coupled dynamometer lab supporting EV development and certification testing. This role is accountable for compliance with SAE J1634 (EV energy consumption/range), SAE J2263/J2264 (coastdown and road load), EU WLTP for battery electric vehicles, and ISO17025 accreditation. You'll build and manage a full lab system — from test request through execution to data delivery — while driving thermal, range, and energy consumption development testing.

What you'll do

• Own dyno readiness for chassis and hub-coupled systems: calibration schedules, preventative maintenance, and equipment qualification.
• Lead EV energy consumption, range, and road load testing per SAE J1634, J2263/J2264, and 40 CFR Part 86 + Parts 1065/1066 certification requirements.
• Lead EU WLTP testing for BEVs, including road load setting, coastdown correlation, and range/consumption protocols.
• Author and version-control SOPs, QA documentation, and calibration logs for audits.
• Complete final design for optimized lab operations, including additional test cell instrumentation, safety protocols, and data visualization.
• Run thermal and range development programs — chamber testing, HVAC load studies, battery thermal management, and range degradation across drive cycles and climates.
• Lead the lab’s pursuit and maintenance of ISO17025 accreditation: document control, method validation, uncertainty analysis, proficiency testing, and audit readiness.
• Build and continuously improve a lab management system covering test request intake, scheduling, execution, and data delivery.
• Establish quality checkpoints at pre-test setup, in-test monitoring, and post-test data validation, including statistical outlier detection and data integrity checks before delivery.
• Support test engineers with data analysis and reporting: process raw dyno, CAN, and high-voltage energy measurement data into validated results; help develop analysis scripts/templates for energy consumption, range, and thermal performance trends.
• Analyze test-to-test and lab-to-lab data variability, driving root cause investigations and corrective actions for calibration drift or data anomalies.
• Maintain calibration and traceability records for dynamometer load cells, power analyzers, and current/voltage + temperature/pressure instrumentation.
• Serve as primary technical liaison for internal homologation team for support with EPA, EU technical services, and accreditation auditors.
• Mentor technicians and engineers on test procedures, calibration, and data quality practices.
• Coordinate with battery/thermal/SW engineering and program teams to align test scheduling with development and certification milestones.

You’ll have

• Mechanical, Electrical, or Automotive Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years in automotive test engineering, with dynamometer lab experience on electrified vehicle programs.
• 3+ years in a lead/senior engineering role for compliance, quality, or lab management.
• Working knowledge of SAE J1634, J2263, J2264, EPA EV certification requirements, and EU WLTP BEV test procedures.
• Experience with EV thermal/range development testing across various conditions.
• Experience supporting ISO17025 accreditation, including measurement uncertainty and audits.
• Strong data analysis skills: proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or similar for processing dyno/CAN/energy data, building automated reports, and identifying trends or anomalies.
• Experience with high-voltage energy measurement systems, calibration traceability, and metrology.
• Experience managing lab information/test management systems.
• Strong technical writing skills for SOPs and audit documentation.

Even better, you may have

• Experience as a technical point of contact during EPA, CARB, or EU audits.
• Familiarity with AVL Puma/VECON + iGEM, Rototest DynoVision, or similar EV-configured dyno control systems.
• Experience building data pipelines or dashboards for test data visualization and reporting.
• Environmental chamber testing and battery thermal instrumentation experience.
• Quality certifications or ISO17025 auditor certification.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills across engineering, quality, and regulatory teams.

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 8 and ranges from $138,800-$232,700.

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.

Visa sponsorship is 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.