Battery Modeling and BMS Implementation Research Engineer

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. We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

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This position involves battery controls and modeling research to support the development of current and future hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles within Ford Research and Advanced Engineering. The mission is to perform research to develop new battery-related features, enhance existing features, and enable lower cost, more reliable, and longer-lived batteries.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the execution of research projects related to battery management & modeling.


• Develop novel battery controls solutions based on understanding of battery cell/systems behavior in vehicles.


• Develop an understanding of novel cell chemistry specific attributes as they apply to controls and implement control strategies in the BMS that meet vehicle performance requirements.


• Identify and prescribe test methods, including novel measurements beyond traditional battery testing, which can deliver data needed to calibrate or validate BMS software solutions.


• Post-process battery cell, pack, and vehicle test data to evaluate performance or life characteristics.


• Define and lead research projects related to battery management & modeling.


• Create reduced order models/ strategies to implement the functionality of highly complex physical plant models for battery management systems.


• Transfer developed technologies to product teams by supporting verification testing at cell, module, pack or vehicle level.


• 33% Desktop Computer Modeling, 33% Developing BMS SW loading to SW, 33% Battery Cell/Pack level testing.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science, or related degree, or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education


• 3+ years of experience with Battery Monitoring System controls development.


• Demonstrated experience performing verification testing on Battery Monitoring System control strategies.


• Ability to develop state-flow diagrams for proposed control solutions.


• Strong knowledge in one and good awareness of the other of the following competencies


• Batteries and battery systems, especially of the type used in vehicle Electrification. 


• Control Systems, especially state estimation theory.


• Competency in the use of at least one of the following tools for battery simulation: MATLAB/ Simulink/ State flow, PyBaMM [WD1] [WD2] [CT3] [WD4], C++


• Experience with post-processing battery cell, pack and vehicle data using AVL Concerto, ATI Vision, Canalyzer or similar programs.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education


• 5+ years of experience Battery Monitoring System software development


• Ability to anticipate research needs and initiate research projects. 


• Knowledge of battery physics-based model development processes


• Awareness of automotive battery management hardware desired


• Excellent data analysis and interpretation capabilities 


• Excellent teamwork and communication skills 


• Self-motivated with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks. 

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 childcare 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 2.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP2 

This position is a range of salary grades 6-8.     

Visa sponsorship is available for this position. 

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