# Failure Mode Avoidance Engineer, Ford Energy

**Company**: Ford Energy
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $99,100-$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).

The FMA (Failure Mode Avoidance) Engineer is the technical engine behind Ford Energy's 'design it right the first time' quality philosophy. This role owns the rigorous, structured processes , DFMEA, PFMEA, Robustness Reliability Cross-Check Lists (RRCL), and Special or Critical Characteristics Agreement Framework (SCCAF) , that identify and eliminate potential failure modes before they reach hardware, while ensuring proper linkage between all documents.

## Responsibilities

- Plan, schedule, and facilitate DFMEA and PFMEA workshops across cross-functional design, systems, and manufacturing engineering teams.

- Ensure FMA activities are timed to influence design decisions.

- Coach and train design/manufacturing engineers on FMA methodology.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.

- 5+ years of hands-on expertise with DFMEA/PFMEA methodology.

- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering tools like MagicDraw.

## Benefits

- Competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses.

- Ford vehicle discounts.

- Opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands.

- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs.

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.

- Tuition assistance.

## Salary

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

## Skills

### Required
- DFMEA
- PFMEA
- Model-Based Systems Engineering
- MagicDraw

### Nice to have
- Six Sigma Green/Black Belt
- SCCAF/RRCL frameworks
- high-voltage battery systems
- power electronics

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