High Voltage Battery Thermal CAE Engineer

In this position...

The Ford Global Electrified Propulsion Engineering Team is a growing team committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable and compelling product experiences that continually inspire our teams and customers to go further. 

Our diverse Global Electrified Propulsion Engineering Team collaborates closely together as well as with the global suppliers to bring efficiency and value into the battery architecture. Together our team works to understand our changing world, identify new opportunities, and take action to design and innovate for the future of mobility – Ford’s vehicles and surrounding experiences. 

You'll have...

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree; M.S., degree is preferred. 
• 2+ years minimum experience in thermal analysis 1D and 3D thermal / CFD simulation techniques.
• 2 years minimum working experience in thermal analysis supporting product development. 
• Expert knowledge of heat transfer theory and CAE thermal analysis simulation methods.
• Physical thermal testing experience preferred, including thermal test data processing.
• Working knowledge of Computed Aided Engineering (CAE) software tools for heat transfer analysis, such as StarCCM+ and CAE model building software tools such as Ansa and Hypermesh.
• Working experience in CAD geometry cleanup for CAE, simulation model building and meshing, CAE model setup, model running and post-processing. Knowledge of scripting languages preferred.
• Working knowledge or experience of HV battery pack design and manufacturing process preferred.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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 5 to salary grade 8.  Salary grade 5 ranges from $65,100-$109,300; salary grade 6 ranges from $74,300-$124,500; salary grade 7 ranges from $86,600-$144,900; salary grade 8 ranges from $99,100-$166,200.     
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. 

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-DE2

#VehicleHardwareEngineering

What you'll do...

• Perform 1D and 3D thermal/CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis simulations on system, subsystem and component level high voltage battery packs using commercial CAE/CFD software to meet battery unit and vehicle development timing.
• Post process and report thermal simulation results to product development teams to guide battery design in support of product development milestones.
• Analyze and process vehicle and lab thermal test data from battery physical thermal testing and apply it to correlate CAE models.
• Determine loading and boundary conditions for thermal CAE/CFD models based on vehicle and lab physical testing conditions.
• Work with testing and battery D&R engineers to specify thermal testing and instrumentation of HV battery packs for CAE correlation and physical test reduction.

Lead CAE-testing interactions and apply CAE thermal tools to support testing teams, test reduction efforts and virtual test signoff.