Staff Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer

Socket.dev; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible work schedule

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer to drive architecture, assembly design, mechanical systems engineering, and validation of drive unit inverters from concept through production.

You will own top-level assemblies, lead FMEA and DV testing, and work with manufacturing to ensure robust production controls and test campaigns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years in design, development and release of production-ready power electronics or similar devices.
• Strong grounding in engineering first principles and sound judgement.
• Proficient in 3D CAD (CATIA/3DX), GD&T and tolerance analysis.
• Proven leadership of technical projects and strong communication skills.
• Strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive power electronics architecture development including component sizing, layout, and trade studies.
• Own top-level assemblies including GD&T and change management.
• Lead mechanical systems engineering activities including FMEA, requirements, and DV test case generation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to review and validate production controls and PV test campaigns.
• Create and execute system and component test/validation plans.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to define production system-level test specs.
• Triage and manage design build and test issues from prototype to final production.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Project leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA

3DX

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 Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer will be responsible for leading the architecture, assembly design, mechanical systems engineering, and validation of drive unit inverters from concept through production.

Responsibilities

What you’ll do…

• Drive next‑gen power electronics mechanical architecture development including component sizing & selection, mechanical layout, and trade studies.
• Own top‑level assemblies including GD&T and change management.
• Lead mechanical systems engineering activities including FMEA, requirements definition, and DV test case generation.
• Work closely with in‑house manufacturing teams to review and validate manufacturing controls plans and PV test campaigns.
• Create and execute system and component test / validation plans.
• Work closely with in‑house manufacturing teams to create and manage production system‑level test specifications.
• Triage and manage product design build and test issues from early prototype through final production verification stages.
• Lead sustaining engineering activities from initial investigation through implementation of permanent corrective actions.

Qualifications

You’ll have…

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred)
• Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
• Strong 3D CAD (Catia / 3DX preferred), 2D GD&T, tolerance analysis, and assembly management skills.
• Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility; a passion for solving deep technical problems; and a drive to deliver engineering excellence.
• Experience leading technical projects; strong written and verbal communication / presentation / story‑telling skills.
• Strong problem solving, analysis, and critical thinking skills.

Even better, you may have…

• Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and/or automotive systems, writing system requirements, and designing test cases.
• Experience designing / executing design and production verification campaigns.
• Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.
• Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in‑house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.
• Experience using analysis methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500. 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.

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.