# Battery Life Model Development and Analysis Engineer, Ford Energy **Company**: Ford Energy **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $74,300-$166,200 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69659?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_8b440405-992 ## Description Ford Energy is seeking a Battery Life Model Development and Analysis Engineer. As a key member of the team, you will develop and apply advanced electrochemical models to understand battery cell performance, degradation, and lifetime behavior, with direct linkage to system-level life prediction for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). Responsibilities: - Develop and apply high-fidelity electrochemical models, including P2D/P4D lithium-ion battery models and reduced-order models for system integration. - Simulate reaction kinetics and transport phenomena, lithium concentration gradients and overpotential, and internal current density and utilization distribution. - Evaluate cell capability limits, including power and energy capability, SOC-dependent performance, and rate limitations under different conditions. - Develop physics-based models to predict cell degradation, including SEI growth and side reactions, lithium plating risk and conditions, and loss of active material and impedance growth. - Quantify capacity fade and resistance increase over life, and sensitivity to temperature, SOC window, and cycling conditions. - Support cell design trade-offs and degradation mitigation strategies. - Develop coupled electrochemical-thermal models, including heat generation from electrochemical reactions and temperature-dependent kinetics and degradation. - Analyze cell temperature gradients and hot spots, and thermal impact on performance and aging. - Provide heat generation and degradation sensitivity inputs for system-level modeling. - Incorporate manufacturing-induced variations into cell models, including electrode thickness and loading variation, porosity and density variation from calendaring, and microstructural heterogeneity. - Evaluate impact of process variation on performance distribution, and manufacturing defects on degradation and life. - Support translation of modeling insights into process control targets and cell consistency and quality improvements. - Translate cell-level model outputs into system-level inputs for BESS simulations, including degradation rates under varying duty cycles and temperature and usage sensitivities. - Support development of system-level life prediction models and duty cycle-based aging simulations. - Collaborate with system and CAE teams to ensure consistent model integration and proper scaling from cell to pack to system. - Provide modeling inputs for warranty projections (capacity retention, degradation limits) and performance degradation over service life. - Support evaluation of BESS augmentation strategies (e.g., module replacement, capacity add-back) and trade-offs between degradation, performance, and cost. - Enable data-driven decisions on lifecycle management and total cost of ownership (TCO). - Calibrate models using experimental data, including cycling and aging tests, and EIS, rate capability, and thermal data. - Validate performance and degradation predictions vs. test data. - Conduct sensitivity analysis, parameter estimation, and uncertainty quantification. - Work closely with the Ford Battery Modeling Team and BESS system and controls teams. - Support external suppliers with model alignment and parameterization. - Translate detailed electrochemical insights into system-level engineering decisions. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field. - 3+ years (MS) or 5+ years (BS) of experience in battery modeling or related fields. - Strong expertise in electrochemical modeling (P2D or equivalent) and lithium-ion battery fundamentals. 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 - electrochemical modeling - lithium-ion battery fundamentals - battery degradation and life modeling - thermal-electrochemical coupling ### Nice to have - P2D/P4D electrochemical models - battery life prediction - system-level battery life modeling - warranty or lifecycle analysis --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69659?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)