Battery Monitoring Hardware Engineer, Ford Energy

Ford Motor•Dearborn, MI

1d•Hybrid

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. The BESS Battery Monitoring System Hardware Engineer will lead the design, development, and release of the "nervous system" for Ford Energy’s energy storage programs. Working in close coordination with Ford Auto Engineering and Ford Energy technical teams, you will own the hardware architecture for cell sensing, balancing, isolation monitoring, and fault detection. You will translate complex system requirements into robust, high-voltage hardware designs that ensure the safety and reliability of grid-scale assets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering.
5+ years of experience in high-voltage hardware design, BMS, or battery electronics.
Hands-on experience with analog and mixed-signal circuit design and sensor interfaces.
Proven ability to perform hardware debug and failure analysis in a lab environment.
Strong communication skills with experience working cross-functionally with manufacturing and software teams.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
Direct experience with centralized or distributed BMS architectures in utility-scale BESS or automotive HV platforms.
Proficiency in WCCA, FMEA, and FMEDA processes for safety-critical electronics.
Knowledge of communication interfaces such as CAN, CAN-FD, and SPI.
Experience supporting production launch and supplier quality resolution.

Responsibilities

Define and develop sensing topologies (centralized, distributed, or modular) for rack and string-level monitoring.
Design and release hardware for BESS applications, including sensing circuits, balancing circuitry, contactor interfaces, and isolation monitoring.
Own the electrical subsystem architecture from initial concept through production release, including schematics, PCB layouts, and BOM management.
Optimize designs for cost, manufacturability, and supply chain robustness without compromising safety.
Perform Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA) for critical monitoring circuits to document margins and mitigations.
Support safety and compliance activities, including FMEA/FMEDA, hazard analysis, and requirements traceability.
Lead technical reviews and maintain rigorous engineering change control records.
Lead board-, module-, and rack-level hardware bring-up and validation in lab and prototype environments.
Create and execute hardware test plans, design test fixtures, and analyze data to drive design iterations.
Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for design, manufacturing, and field issues, implementing permanent corrective actions.
Collaborate with firmware, controls, and systems teams to verify hardware/software interfaces, ADC timing, and sampling strategies.
Partner with manufacturing and test engineering to develop production test plans and automated end-of-line fixtures.
Support supplier technical evaluations and qualify components for high-voltage energy storage environments.