PLM Integration Engineer, Ford Energy

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

2d • 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 Product Lifecycle Management Engineer is responsible for the architectural integrity, configuration discipline, and product data control of Ford Energy’s BESS platforms. This role will lead the setup and evolution of Ford Energy’s PLM environment, ensuring that engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, commissioning, and aftersales activities are fully supported through controlled, traceable, and scalable lifecycle processes. You will own the PLM framework that connects design intent to released hardware, manufactured product, field deployment, and serviceability. This role will serve as the lead for Ford Energy around PLM integration and configuration management and will work deeply with commissioning and aftersales teams to ensure project delivery requirements are met. You will interface with internal and external executive-level customers while partnering across IT, manufacturing, quality, and engineering to ensure the product record is accurate, auditable, and release-ready at every stage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in PLM engineering, product data management, configuration management, or related engineering operations.
• Experience with PLM systems such as Teamcenter, SAP PLM, 3DEXPERIENCE, Windchill, or similar platforms.
• Proven experience in design and release of hardware components in automotive or non-automotive applications.
• Strong understanding of PLM concepts: BOM structures, lifecycle states, configuration management, effectivity, and engineering change processes.
• Experience supporting manufacturing or engineering environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and executive audiences.
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical field.
• Utility-scale BESS deployment, commissioning, or field support experience.
• Experience with test labs, independent engineering firms, and certification organizations.
• Experience with software baselining, configuration management, verification, and validation in complex systems.
• Familiarity with applicable industry standards and practices relevant to energy storage.
• Background in automotive hardware, battery systems, inverter systems, or industrial automation.
• Basic data management or scripting skills such as SQL or Python.
• Experience with configuration reporting, KPI tracking, or process health dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Execute PLM setup and governance tasks for Ford Energy BESS programs, supporting the configuration, workflow design, and maintenance of systems such as Siemens Teamcenter, SAP PLM, 3DEXPERIENCE, or similar platforms.
• Define lifecycle states, access roles, release paths, and data structures to ensure stable, controlled product development and deployment.
• Drive PLM configuration management and standard work, ensuring consistent usage across engineering and manufacturing functions.
• Define and maintain process health metrics, workflow reporting, and governance routines to support scalable PLM operations.
• Define and maintain EBOM, MBOM, CAD data, part metadata, specifications, and revision control within PLM.
• Ensure accurate configuration management across product variants, effectivities, manufacturing sites, and field-deployed systems.
• Support traceability of engineering data throughout the product lifecycle, including as-designed, as-built, and as-maintained states.
• Support linkage of visualization assets, assembly instructions, controlled documentation, and product structures.
• Manage product records to support deployed systems, retrofits, and service activity.
• Support and administer engineering change processes within PLM systems.
• Ensure proper review, approval, and implementation of engineering changes from request through release.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, quality, commissioning, and service teams to assess the impact of changes.
• Support design release of hardware components, including electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical parts, in automotive or non-automotive environments.
• Support implementation of corrective actions, design changes, and field-driven updates with full configuration traceability.
• Support commissioning and aftersales teams with accurate product configuration records, build documentation, and field issue resolution.
• Help ensure project delivery requirements are met through disciplined data control and configuration traceability.
• Support corrective actions related to released hardware, field changes, service parts, and customer-specific configurations.
• Institutionalize lessons learned by updating PLM standards, change processes, and release documentation.
• Support service BOMs, spare parts definitions, and retrofit documentation as required.
• Improve PLM workflows to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Standardize PLM processes across departments and sites.
• Identify gaps in current PLM usage and propose system and process improvements.
• Support integration of PLM with ERP, MES, manufacturing, purchasing, service, and document control systems.
• Contribute to digital thread and digital traceability initiatives across engineering and manufacturing.
• Ensure product data complies with internal standards and relevant industry expectations.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation within PLM systems.
• Support configuration audits, lifecycle reviews, release reconciliation, and process compliance checks.
• Support secure collaboration by enforcing role-based visibility and controlled access to sensitive data.
• Support data stewardship practices that improve accuracy, accountability, and long-term product record integrity.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonuses
• Ford vehicle discounts
• 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
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments
• 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