Power Electronics Design Engineer

Ford • Palo Alto, CA

4h

About The Position

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: 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. This position is a salary grade 7-8 and ranges from $115,800-226,980. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR Visa sponsorship is available for this position. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
• Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility.
• Mechanical Engineering or similar degree.
• Strong CAD skills (Catia / 3DX preferred).
• Hands-on experience building and testing hardware in a prototype / lab environment (strong workshop skills preferred).
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred)
• Passionate and curious about deep technical problems and driven to deliver engineering excellence.
• Experience releasing prototype and production parts including drafting, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM.
• Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in-house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.
• Experience using finite element methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.
• Experience designing and executing durability and design verification campaigns.
• Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and/or automotive systems.
• Experience designing parts, fixtures, and tools for prototype manufacturing processes including CNC milling / turning / EDM, 3D printing, press-brake sheet metal, and low volume tooled processes.
• Experience designing parts for high volume manufacturing processes including casting, forging, stamping, extruding, injection molding, overmolding, and machining.
• Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication / presentation / story-telling skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Own inverter mechanical parts from concept through production including part design and release.
• Develop manufacturing processes including running DOEs and executing process validation.
• Design and execute physical tests in a lab environment, including designing fixtures / test equipment.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute test campaigns for design verification of inverter sub-components and the inverter system.
• Optimize costs from design to manufacturing and create robust designs for automotive application.
• Own mechanical parts for inverters, driving optimization for durability, efficiency, and performance.

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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees