AI/ML Battery Manufacturing Technologist
About The Position
Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid. At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands. In this position, you will drive continuous improvement in yield, scrap, quality, and throughput, and find the next opportunities the central technologist can turn into standards.
Requirements
- Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial OR Electrical preferred), with coursework or hands-on work in ML, data science, or analytics.
- Strong plant-floor instinct.
- Comfortable with Python and plant data (MES, historians such as PI or Ignition, PLC data).
- Process or manufacturing engineering experience; battery, semiconductor, coatings, or another high-volume process is a plus.
- Bias to action, and the credibility to work shoulder to shoulder with operators, technicians, and process engineers.
Nice To Haves
- battery, semiconductor, coatings, or another high-volume process experience
Responsibilities
- Work the line day to day: find the losses (scrap, downtime, quality escapes) and put AI and analytics against the ones that pay.
- Build and deploy models on plant data for coating and formation quality, defect detection, and yield root cause, with the central technologist and vendors.
- Turn model output into action: parameter changes, error-proofing, and standard work with process, controls, and quality.
- Feed findings and reusable assets back to the central technologist so both plants benefit.
- Own the local data connection: MES, historians, PLC and OT data, and inline metrology.
Benefits
- performance-based bonuses
- Ford vehicle discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
