Battery Pack Technical Specialist

Ford is making a $50+ billion investment to revolutionize the automotive industry with its groundbreaking portfolio of electric vehicles. We're not just building cars; we're building the future of transportation and want you to be a part of it.

The Battery Manufacturing Engineering team is opening new highways with our next-generation propulsion systems. We're investing over $50 billion to build some of the most technologically advanced EV manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and E.U. to produce the next generation of Ford electric vehicles. State-of-the-art technologies and processes for battery cells, arrays, and packs are core to our competitive strategy and will provide endless opportunities to innovate and grow -- all while helping the environment.

In this position…

As a pivotal Battery Manufacturing Engineering (BME) team member, you'll be at the forefront of state-of-the-art battery pack technologies and processes. You'll collaborate with a world-class team of battery technology partners to build brand-new EV manufacturing campuses and transform our existing facilities into innovation hubs.

Leverage Ford's rich 120+ year history of automotive excellence, combined with the dynamic experience of experts from across the EV industry. In this high-impact role, you will:

• Provide technical leadership to a talented team of over 100 manufacturing engineers.


• Serve as a critical focal point for our product development teams, ensuring the feasibility of groundbreaking battery products


• Act as a catalyst for innovation with our process technology development teams and partners


• Directly influence the creation of battery factories and jobs throughout the world.

If you're passionate about manufacturing, driven by innovation, and eager to electrify the future of transportation and work, please apply!

What you'll do…

• Lead the charge in battery technology transfer: Guiding new cell formats and architectures into production, optimizing for cost, efficiency, quality, and safety.


• Collaborate with product development: Defining specifications and ensuring the feasibility of battery pack systems.


• Document and share best practices: Creating a comprehensive bill-of-process from manufacturing lessons learned.


• Drive quality through mentorship: Leading the use of PFMEA and other quality tools.


• Empower and train your team: Developing a high-performing and knowledgeable workforce.


• Champion innovation: Identifying and implementing solutions that create a competitive edge.


• Benchmark and seek out best-in-class manufacturing: Ensuring Ford remains at the forefront of battery technology.


• Protect intellectual property: Securing Ford's innovative processes and methods.


• Assess technology readiness: Challenging assumptions and driving a disruptive mindset. 


• Oversee projects introducing new technology: 'Go fast', removing roadblocks, oversight/support from concept to full, reliable and simple industrialization


• Support operations and launch teams: Ensuring smooth and safe rollout of new processes and resolving quality issues.


• Leverage data and machine learning: Improving and controlling battery manufacturing processes through data analytics and crisp outcomes.


• Champion the use of digital engineering tools: Move all engineering and verification of our facilities into the virtual space

What you'll have…

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering.


• 10+ years of extensive manufacturing experience in assembly techniques and operations.


• A deep understanding of assembly techniques and their applications. Apply first principles of engineering rigor to each process.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• A passion for training and mentoring team members.


• The ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams


• Experience with digital signal processing, image processing, and data management.


• Willingness to travel internationally to support global operations and seek out best practices


• Preferred: Experience in battery manufacturing, including knowledge of future assembly concepts like foam dispensing, welding, and adhesive application.

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 leadership level 6.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6SP1

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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