# High Voltage Battery Thermal CAE Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100-$166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

The Electrified Propulsion Engineering (EPE) organization at Ford Motor Company is seeking a High Voltage Battery Thermal CAE Engineer to deliver fuel economy and refined Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Electric vehicles. As a High Voltage Battery Thermal CAE Engineer, you will perform 1D and 3D thermal/CFD analysis simulations on high voltage battery packs using commercial CAE/CFD software.

Responsibilities:

- Perform thermal analysis simulations on system, subsystem, and component level high voltage battery packs

- Post-process and report thermal simulation results to product development teams

- Analyze and process vehicle and lab thermal test data from battery physical thermal testing

- Determine loading and boundary conditions for thermal CAE/CFD models

- Work with testing and battery D&R engineers to specify thermal testing and instrumentation of HV battery packs

- Lead CAE-testing interactions and apply CAE thermal tools to support testing teams

Qualifications:

- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree

- M.S. degree preferred

- 2+ years minimum experience in thermal analysis 1D and 3D thermal / CFD simulation techniques

- 2 years minimum working experience in thermal analysis supporting product development

- Expert knowledge of heat transfer theory and CAE thermal analysis simulation methods

- Physical thermal testing experience preferred

- Working knowledge of Computed Aided Engineering (CAE) software tools for heat transfer analysis

- Working experience in CAD geometry cleanup for CAE, simulation model building and meshing, CAE model setup, model running, and post-processing

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

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Thermal Analysis
- CFD Simulation
- CAE Software
- Heat Transfer Theory

### Nice to have
- Physical Thermal Testing
- HV Battery Pack Design
- Manufacturing Process
- Scripting Languages

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