Staff Battery Modeling Engineer

Ford • Long Beach, CA

1d • $150,200 - $283,500 • 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.

Requirements

• Masters in chemical, EE or related fields of engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience of developing cell models and an understanding of how cell characteristics relate to system performance
• Knowledge of modeling techniques used to simulate lithium-ion cells, battery packs, and thermal systems
• First principal knowledge of engineering, chemistry, & physics fundamentals
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• High proficiency in any of Python/MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience with JIRA/Confluence or a similar system for tracking inputs/results
• Masters in chemical, EE or related fields of engineering
• Experience with different cell chemistries and form factors

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Battery or Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to work 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
• PhD in battery modeling

Responsibilities

• Create and own battery physics models of different fidelities
• Develop advanced lifetime models for current and next generation cells
• Drive product direction and cell design based on model recommendations
• Integrate versions of the cell model with the vehicle model
• Define requirements for thermal and pack components based on cell aging & warranty
• Work with experimental teams to get new types of data needed to improve analysis
• Support future roadmap scenarios
• Create DVP for cell testing
• Correlate and improve models with field vehicles

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: Manager