Staff Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer
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. In this position... The Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer will be responsible for leading the architecture, assembly design, mechanical systems engineering, and validation of drive unit inverters from concept through production.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred)
- Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
- Strong 3D CAD (Catia / 3DX preferred), 2D GD&T, tolerance analysis, and assembly management skills.
- Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility; a passion for solving deep technical problems; and a drive to deliver engineering excellence.
- Experience leading technical projects; strong written and verbal communication / presentation / story-telling skills.
- Strong problem solving, analysis, and critical thinking skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and/or automotive systems, writing system requirements, and designing test cases.
- Experience designing / executing design and production verification campaigns.
- Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.
- Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in-house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.
- Experience using analysis methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.
Responsibilities
- Drive next-gen power electronics mechanical architecture development including component sizing & selection, mechanical layout, and trade studies.
- Own top-level assemblies including GD&T and change management.
- Lead mechanical systems engineering activities including FMEA, requirements definition, and DV test case generation.
- Work closely with in-house manufacturing teams to review and validate manufacturing controls plans and PV test campaigns.
- Create and execute system and component test / validation plans.
- Work closely with in-house manufacturing teams to create and manage production system-level test specifications.
- Triage and manage product design build and test issues from early prototype through final production verification stages.
- Lead sustaining engineering activities from initial investigation through implementation of permanent corrective actions.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
