Staff Thermal Systems Test Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team at an industry leader focused on electric vehicles, where your engineering expertise will shape the future of transportation. This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively on critical thermal systems that enhance vehicle performance and customer experience. As part of an agile team, you'll be instrumental in integrating cutting-edge testing into the design process, ensuring that every vehicle meets the highest standards of comfort and efficiency. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the electric vehicle space, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in thermal systems and vehicle testing.
• Strong background in engineering collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply testing tools for next-gen thermal systems.
• Collaborate with engineers across multiple disciplines.

Skills

Thermal Systems Engineering

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Physics-Driven Design

Vehicle Testing Tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Engineering Simulation Software

Data Analysis Tools

Job description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

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...
Thermal systems span a diverse range of critical customer-facing attributes, hardware, and software domains. For example, our work keeps occupants comfortable, enables full vehicle powertrain capability, and empowers battery fast charging – in all weather conditions. We strive to balance heating/cooling performance, energy consumption, cost, reliability, NVH, and packaging trade-offs through physics-driven, cross-functional engineering collaboration. We work closely with mechanical engineers, aerodynamicists, battery and powertrain experts, electrical engineers, embedded/controls engineers, and more through all phases of vehicle development. Your role: build and apply world-class engineering buck and vehicle testing tools to shape next-generation thermal systems for electric vehicles. Deeply integrate testing into our design process; this is not a downstream check-the-box role. Use your domain knowledge to propose product and/or controls improvements.