# Controls Engineer, Ford Energy

**Company**: Ford Energy
**Location**: Glendale, KY
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100-$166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS).

As a Controls Engineer, you will be on the ground floor launching a state-of-the-art BESS manufacturing facility in Glendale, Kentucky. As a key member of our start-up team, you will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and program the automated systems that bring next-generation energy storage products to the grid.

**Responsibilities**

- Program, modify, and troubleshoot machinery utilizing Siemens (SP700), Omron, or other PLC programming software and HMI screens.

- Manage the interaction between servo systems, frequency conversion systems, and upper-level computers; configure parameters appropriately for varying production loads.

- Support and troubleshoot robotic systems (such as Fanuc), including robot programming and integration with other automation systems.

- Lead fault analysis and root cause identification for complex automation issues to prevent recurrence; identify and rectify electrical component faults.

- Establish preventive maintenance plans for equipment and electrical/controls aspects, and mentor/train technicians to enhance the team's overall competence.

- Support feasibility on product design changes and lead modifications, model code updates, and program backups for automation.

**Leadership – Culture**

- Regularly engage on the floor to monitor automation health, listen to technicians, and solve problems where the work happens.

- Use Andon data to prioritize efforts to achieve 100% flow; lead Six Sigma project teams focused on efficiency, quality, and reliability.

- Act as a liaison with IT on IT/Controls interface issues and work with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure efficient installation and validation of new equipment.

- Demonstrate leadership behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

- Ensure adherence to the Ford Production System (FPS) and Safety Operating System practices to achieve zero injuries.

**Strategic – Reliability**

- Provide input on new equipment design and controls architecture as the site builds out battery cell and BESS assembly capacity.

- Support new model and equipment launches as required.

- Report out on key metrics around automation performance and equipment reliability.

**Capabilities for Success**

- Resilient Problem Solver: Able to troubleshoot complex automation and controls issues to identify root cause quickly.

- Self-Starter: Takes ownership of projects and drives them to completion with limited supervision.

- Strong Communicator: Bridges the gap between shop floor technicians and corporate engineering teams.

- Agile Mindset: Comfortable working across shifts and navigating the ambiguity of a startup manufacturing environment.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in engineering required

- Maintenance experience, including internships, with the ability to optimize equipment programs and troubleshoot to root cause.

- Flexibility to support business needs by working across various shifts

- Domestic and international travel may be required

**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.

## Skills

### Required
- Siemens SP700
- Omron
- PLC programming
- HMI screens
- servo systems
- frequency conversion systems
- robotic systems
- Fanuc
- Six Sigma
- Lean Manufacturing

### Nice to have
- Master's degree in Engineering
- 5+ years of relevant Controls Engineering experience
- Data Collection
- AI/ML
- IIOT
- Digital Twins
- AutoCAD
- C
- RSLOGIX

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