Battery Management Systems Hardware Engineer

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. We’re seeking forward-thinking, laser-focused professionals with a passion for bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to such advancements as autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more! This is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• 2 years of experience with High voltage battery systems to support testing and design activities.
• 2 years of experience with PCB hardware design to develop, analyze, and test high voltage battery controllers.
• 2 years of experience with Designing battery management system controllers.
• 2 years of experience with Writing high quality requirements for battery management systems.
• 1 year of experience with PCB layout experience to complete the layout for the high voltage battery controllers.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage requirements and system-level design for BMS used in Ford’s next generation electrified vehicles.
• Lead and participate in design reviews and worst-case circuit analyses to validate system robustness.
• Perform circuit level design and schematic capture for BMS electronics, including component selection and tolerance analysis.
• Develop and run circuit and system simulations (SPICE, transient, worst case, and system level models) to validate functionality and margin.
• Support PCB layout and manufacturability: provide placement/routing guidance, review Gerbers, and ensure power distribution, thermal, and EMC considerations are addressed.
• Investigate warranty and quality returns; perform root cause analysis and implement product revisions to resolve field issues.
• Drive supplier investigations and corrective actions; develop and oversee specialized test methods to replicate and diagnose failure modes.
• Evaluate electrical system engineering alternatives across attributes such as cost, weight, packaging, quality, benchmarking, geometry creation, and functional performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and other Ford engineers to update requirements in response to system changes.
• Promote continuous improvement in designs, processes, and supplier quality controls.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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