TE - Advanced Battery Recycling

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At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification to smart mobility technologies, our teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.

This role works across internal functions and with suppliers, recyclers, and technology partners to evaluate materials and processes, develop and qualify supply sources, manage technical and quality risks, and advance circular and localized supply strategies. The successful candidate will connect cell-material requirements with supplier and recycling capabilities to support quality, cost, supply resilience, and Ford Plus initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate projects with battery-material suppliers, recyclers, and technology partners, tracking technical and quality progress and aligning risks with sourcing objectives.
• Provide technical expertise to Commercial, Business Development, Strategy, and other stakeholder teams on sourcing and recycling cell materials, including cathode, anode, separator, electrolyte, and recovered materials.
• Lead the development, review, approval, and maintenance of core engineering documents (ES, FMA etc) on raw materials specifications and end of life disposal/recycling materials.
• Own the technical sign-off process for assigned documents and requirements.
• Support battery-material selection and source evaluations; conduct supplier and recycler due diligence, technical assessments, and quality audits.
• Provide technical and quality engineering guidance to partners and suppliers to develop battery-material manufacturing, recycling, and recovery capabilities.

What you'll do...

• Evaluate manufacturing and recycling processes and technologies, and lead or support qualification of battery materials and recovered materials for potential use in cell manufacturing.
• Assess recycling process routes and capabilities, including feedstock handling, material recovery, process yields, material quality, and downstream reuse potential.
• Develop battery-material and recycling value-chain models, including localization strategies, feedstock and supply options, and circularity opportunities.
• Build and analyze detailed cost models for material and recycling value chains.
• Review emerging cell-material, battery-recycling, and processing technologies; assess their technical readiness, risks, and potential supply-chain implications.
• Identify and communicate technical, quality, operational, and supply risks; develop recommendations and mitigation plans.
• Build effective relationships across internal and external organizations to enable cross-functional execution.
• Communicate technical findings, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders at all levels.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science, engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in value chain, manufacturing, quality, engineering, research and development, or a related area.
• 3+ years of experience with lithium-ion battery materials, battery recycling, or related processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day