# Staff Powertrain Electromagnetics Design Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Palo Alto, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,200-$283,500
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. As a Staff Powertrain Electromagnetics Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the electromagnetic design of powertrain systems, including electric motors, generators, power electronics.

Responsibilities:

- Design cutting-edge electric motors and generators for mass-market adoption, from concept through high-volume production

- Own electromagnetic performance targets across the operating envelope , torque, power, efficiency, thermal limits, and NVH/torque-ripple , optimizing loss mechanisms to maximize efficiency and range

- Drive design decisions with electromagnetic modeling and simulation (2D/3D FEA, loss/efficiency mapping, demagnetization, multi-physics)

- Collaborate with peers across disciplines , mechanical, thermal, controls, power electronics, manufacturing, and quality , to deliver high-performance, manufacturable designs and a profound customer experience

- Provide technical leadership and build out the motor design team

- Partner with our world-class engineering team and global supply base to achieve industry-leading performance and cost

Qualifications:

- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field and 8+ years of electromagnetic design experience, OR a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field and 3+ years of electromagnetic design experience or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

- Strong command of electric machine fundamentals , magnetic circuit design, windings, losses, efficiency, and demagnetization

- Proficiency with electromagnetic design software (e.g., JMAG, COMSOL, Ansys Maxwell, Motor-CAD, or similar)

- Proven ability to optimize an electromagnetic design within a single topology and across at least 3 unique topologies for a single application

- Hands-on experience testing electric machines and validating electromagnetic performance

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
- Electromagnetic design
- Electric machine fundamentals
- Electromagnetic design software
- Optimization of electromagnetic design
- Testing and validation of electric machines

### Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
- 10+ years of experience in EM design
- Multi-physics coupled analysis
- Control-oriented machine characterization
- Deep knowledge of magnetic materials

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