Lead Dyno Engineer

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. As a Lead Dyno Engineer, you will own the readiness, calibration, and data integrity of our chassis and hub-coupled dynamometer lab supporting EV development and certification testing.

Responsibilities:

• Own dyno readiness for chassis and hub-coupled systems: calibration schedules, preventative maintenance, and equipment qualification.
• Lead EV energy consumption, range, and road load testing per SAE J1634, J2263/J2264, and 40 CFR Part 86 + Parts 1065/1066 certification requirements.
• Lead EU WLTP testing for BEVs, including road load setting, coastdown correlation, and range/consumption protocols.
• Author and version-control SOPs, QA documentation, and calibration logs for audits.
• Complete final design for optimized lab operations, including additional test cell instrumentation, safety protocols, and data visualization.
• Run thermal and range development programs , chamber testing, HVAC load studies, battery thermal management, and range degradation across drive cycles and climates.
• Lead the lab’s pursuit and maintenance of ISO17025 accreditation: document control, method validation, uncertainty analysis, proficiency testing, and audit readiness.
• Build and continuously improve a lab management system covering test request intake, scheduling, execution, and data delivery.
• Establish quality checkpoints at pre-test setup, in-test monitoring, and post-test data validation, including statistical outlier detection and data integrity checks before delivery.
• Support test engineers with data analysis and reporting: process raw dyno, CAN, and high-voltage energy measurement data into validated results; help develop analysis scripts/templates for energy consumption, range, and thermal performance trends.
• Analyze test-to-test and lab-to-lab data variability, driving root cause investigations and corrective actions for calibration drift or data anomalies.
• Maintain calibration and traceability records for dynamometer load cells, power analyzers, and current/voltage + temperature/pressure instrumentation.
• Serve as primary technical liaison for internal homologation team for support with EPA, EU technical services, and accreditation auditors.
• Mentor technicians and engineers on test procedures, calibration, and data quality practices.
• Coordinate with battery/thermal/SW engineering and program teams to align test scheduling with development and certification milestones.

Qualifications:

• Mechanical, Electrical, or Automotive Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years in automotive test engineering, with dynamometer lab experience on electrified vehicle programs.
• 3+ years in a lead/senior engineering role for compliance, quality, or lab management.
• Working knowledge of SAE J1634, J2263, J2264, EPA EV certification requirements, and EU WLTP BEV test procedures.
• Experience with EV thermal/range development testing across various conditions.
• Experience supporting ISO17025 accreditation, including measurement uncertainty and audits.
• Strong data analysis skills: proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or similar for processing dyno/CAN/energy data, building automated reports, and identifying trends or anomalies.
• Experience with high-voltage energy measurement systems, calibration traceability, and metrology.
• Experience managing lab information/test management systems.
• Strong technical writing skills for SOPs and audit documentation.

Benefits:

• 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.