# Battery Cell Integration and Testing Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: This position is a range of salary grades 5-8.
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

In this position, you will work as a Battery Cell Integration and Testing Engineer at Ford Motor Company. This role requires deep knowledge and experience in the integration of lithium-ion battery cells into arrays or packs. You will define and own the execution of research projects tied to production needs to improve quality, decrease cost, and deliver vehicle-level attributes.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Defining and owning the execution of research projects tied to production needs to improve quality, decrease cost, and deliver vehicle-level attributes.

- Planning testing of battery cells that are new to Ford with a focus on understanding the affected vehicle-level performance attributes.

- Relating battery cell electrode level or material level data and characteristics to cell level performance attributes and failure modes.

- Post-processing battery cell, pack, and vehicle test data. Using data to define problems and demonstrate performance to objectives/requirements.

- Working with the R&A and Product Development teams on modeling needs, BMS simulations, or hardware solutions as they relate to solving complex problems.

- Defining requirements for/reviewing the design of custom retention fixtures for cell and module testing. Continuing to interface with lab testing teams to help identify further iterative design changes.

- Defining requirements for instrumentation for given test needs. Continuing to interface with lab testing teams to ensure data quality.

- Reviewing fleet/connected vehicle data as it relates to root cause characterization of potential warranty issues or setting requirements/goals for research project goals.

- Transferring developed technologies/solutions to product teams by supporting verification testing at cell, module, pack, or vehicle level.

You will have:

- A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, or a related degree.

- 3+ years of experience with battery cells, battery module, and battery pack requirements as well as methods of testing to validate performance to those requirements.

- Demonstrated experience performing verification testing on Battery Monitoring System control strategies. Demonstrated experience collecting both calibration and verification data for battery performance and battery lifetime durability models.

- Ability to develop state-flow or other step-by-step test planning documents for cell, module, pack, or vehicle level testing.

- Competency in the use of at least one of the following tools for battery simulation and/or data analysis: Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow, Python, C++.

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

Even better, you may have:

- A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, or a related degree.

- 5+ years of experience with Battery Cells, Battery Modules, and Battery Pack requirements and testing.

- 1+ years of experience working with battery cell suppliers to validate quoted performance and assess design changes to meet requirements cascaded from pack/vehicle level.

- Experience using EIS and dV/dQ analysis to assess performance and lifetime characteristics of battery cells.

- Ability to anticipate research needs and initiate research projects.

- Knowledge of battery physics-based model development processes.

- Excellent data analysis and interpretation capabilities.

- Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

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

## Skills

### Required
- battery cells
- battery module
- battery pack
- Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow
- Python
- C++
- AVL Concerto
- ATI Vision
- CANAlyzer

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