Senior Staff Battery and High Voltage Control Systems Engineer

Senior Staff Battery and High Voltage Control Systems Engineer

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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.

Responsibilities

• Define and author BMS, power converter, and HV controller requirements & interfaces
• Develop and drive the design and architecture for BMS and power conversion controls software
• Define fault detection and fault management strategies
• Design, develop, and validate various high voltage and battery control strategies
• Review BMS and HV system functional safety architecture and requirements
• Review firmware, battery cell & pack tests, and validation results
• Develop HV and battery system models and simulations
• Collaborate with software, vehicle systems, testing, and validation teams to implement and refine controls, and integrate feedback from field and lab data.
• Support board bring up, testing, and battery pack and vehicle integration efforts.
• Support HV ECU hardware design and component selection.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts to identify and resolve controls-related issues and implement corrective actions to improve system performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, related degree, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 10 years developing BMS and HV controls for automotive or mission-critical systems
• Solid understanding of EV high voltage, power conversion, and battery management systems architectures
• Experience developing systems compliant to ISO26262
• Strong knowledge of lithium-ion battery cell (LFP, NCA, and NMC) and pack design technologies.
• Solid knowledge of automotive regulatory and safety standards related to high voltage and battery systems.
• Understanding of lithium-ion batteries models, including equivalent-circuit, thermal, and physics-based models.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink or similar tools for battery systems modeling and simulation.
• Excellent problem solving, hands-on testing, technical writing, and presentation skills

We offer a range of benefits, including immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage, flexible family care days, paid parental leave, and more.

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.