Product Development Engineer- Battery Cell/System Modeling Engineer

Join the Ford Product Development team as a Product Development Engineer- Battery Cell/System Modeling Engineer. In this role, you will develop, implement, deploy, and maintain advanced battery cell performance and degradation models for battery, system, and vehicle simulation initiatives across the company.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and integrate battery electrical, thermal, and control models within battery, system, and vehicle simulation environments.
• Calibrate and validate battery models using laboratory, supplier, vehicle, and field-representative data.
• Apply models and battery expertise to address internal customer questions and support engineering decision-making.
• Support battery and cell specification development through model-based analysis of usage, performance, reliability, and life requirements.
• Improve existing battery-modeling tools, methodologies, and processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and support program decisions.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in engineering, applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of academic or industry experience in electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, or battery modeling.
• Deep understanding of lithium-ion battery principles.
• Strong technical background in mathematical modeling, numerical methods, data analysis, and statistics.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language or technical computing environment.

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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time