Battery Management/Modeling Research Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

4d • $85,400 - $192,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position involves battery modeling research to support the development of current and future hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles within Ford Research and Advanced Engineering. The mission is to perform research to develop new battery-related features, enhance existing features, and enable lower cost, more reliable, and longer-lived batteries.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related degree
• 5+ years of experience with battery applications of physics-based modeling, including heat/mass transport, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, or chemical/mechanical degradation processes, or electrochemistry applications (Thesis and/or Dissertation allowed)
• Demonstrated experience developing computational strategies for solving large systems of coupled ordinary differential equations or partial differential equations

Nice To Haves

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related degree
• 8+ years of experience with electrochemical battery modeling (Thesis and/or Dissertation allowed)
• Strong knowledge in one and good awareness of the other of the following competencies: Batteries and battery systems, especially of the type used in vehicle Electrification; Control Systems, especially state estimation theory
• Battery modeling and simulation tools, especially Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow, PyBaMM, COMSOL, and Abaqus
• Post-processing battery cell and pack data using scripting, AVL Concerto, or similar programs
• Ability to anticipate research needs and initiate research projects
• Knowledge of model based development processes desired
• Awareness of automotive battery management hardware desired
• Excellent data analysis and interpretation capabilities
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple tasks

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced battery plant models for use in battery design and vehicle system simulations
• Identify and prescribe test methods, including novel measurements beyond traditional battery cycling, that can deliver data needed to calibrate or validate multi-physics battery models
• Post-process battery cell and pack test data to evaluate performance or life characteristics
• Define and lead research projects related to battery management & modeling
• Implement multi-physics battery models using various modeling tools
• Map battery hardware architectures and interfaces between battery cells and the battery controller to simulation environments, while balancing complexity with execution speed
• Create reduced order models from highly complex physical plant models for battery management system implementation
• Transfer developed technologies to product teams

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior