Senior Drive Unit Lubrication and Thermals Engineer

Ford Motor • Palo Alto, CA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. As a Drive Unit Lubrication and Thermals Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and development of components within Ford’s next generation EV drivetrains. You will work within the drive unit design team developing production hardware. You will own hardware from concept to production with exposure to sourcing, validation, and ramp.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master’s, or PHD in mechanical engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 3 - 7 years of experience designing, developing, and validating drive unit or powertrain hardware.
• Experience modeling and/or testing systems utilizing CAE tools such as ANSYS, GT-Suite, MATLAB, Python or equivalent applications.
• Experience with instrumentation and measurement of powertrain systems in a lab environment.
• Strong sense of ownership, analytical skills and problem-solving skills with a basis in first principles understanding.
• An eagerness to work collaboratively and cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team.
• A system approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in designing injection molded plastic hardware for high volume production is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze and test drive unit components using a variety of tools, including CAD and FEA.
• Generate and update/maintain 3D and 2D CAD of designs, considering best practices for GD&T, clear and consistent notes, identification of critical and significant characteristics, etc.
• Review and update requirements, DFMEA’s, process control plans and other documentation as required during the course of hardware design and development.
• Evaluate and understand the correlation between predicted and measured results by first hand testing or collaborating closely with test engineers and reviewing data with subject matter experts.
• Support and/or conduct testing and test setup including data acquisition systems and fixture design.
• Interact with vendors and industrialization personnel to ensure high quality products arrive where they are needed in time to support the scheduled activities. Travel as required to support this.
• Propose and implement component, system and/or process improvements. Work closely with appropriate teams to verify the effectiveness of the implementation.
• Contribute to design reviews, test plans, and requirement reviews to further advance the powertrain system cross functionally.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and reports related to design and test work.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of design processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

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