Ford Pro Charging Application Engineer

Ford Pro Charging Applications Engineer 

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? 

Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime. A true one-stop shop, we offer a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification.

In this position... 

As a Ford Pro Charging Applications Engineer, you will interact and evaluate internal and external customers’ needs to support their positive EV charging experience. This requires strong communication skills to effectively interface with both customer and internal technical teams. This position will be directly involved in evaluation of new and legacy charging products and associated competitive analysis. 

What you'll do...

• Develop in-depth technical knowledge of Ford Pro Charging products and software functions.


• Act as technical liaison between customers, hardware, customer experience and software development teams.


• Collect customer/end user feedback to recommended features, functions and strategies related to electric vehicle charging, site infrastructure, energy management, and energy services related technologies.


• Support charging product technical requirement and specification developments.

Successful Candidate

• Act as a Ford Pro Charging technical expert.


• Strong interest in “systems” engineering with a constant curiosity around wanting to understand the technical interaction between electrical, mechanical and controls systems.


• Self-motivated individual with a passion for technical systems (electrical, hardware and controls)


• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.


• Comfortable managing technical customer support activity.


• Participation in product DFMEA reviews.


• Lead product root cause fault analysis. 


• Develop test and validation recommendations related to detected product reliability gaps. 


• Evaluate customer operational data to support technical recommendations.


• Participate in product roadmap planning.


• Submit product &/or engineering change requests.

You'll have... 

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering or related field of study with relevant experience


• 3+ years of EV charging or relevant electrical systems development &/or testing. (AC & DC EVSE’s)


• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Even better, you may have...

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering.


• 3+ years of EV charging systems development &/or testing. (AC & DC EVSE’s)


• Strong technical knowledge of communication systems and power conversion technology.


• Experience with relevant SAE, UL and IEEE charging and safety standards.


• Ability to work autonomously


• Well organized with high attention to detail


• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and shifting priorities


• Strong interest in continuous learning opportunities.

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. 

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP1

This position is a range of salary grades 7-8 .     

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.

Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. 

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