Manager Range & Performance Systems Engineer

Join Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team as a Manager of Range & Performance. In this role, you will lead trade-off studies for vehicle and HV architecture, lead and hire a world-class team to develop, modify, and correlate physics-based models for the vehicle and subsystems that accurately predict vehicle performance.

As the Manager of Range & Performance, you will work closely across functional teams to identify gains in efficiency and model/predict and test them. Your optimization will fight physics to find the most desirable outcome for the vehicle and our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Range & performance studies for Advanced EV
• Plan workstreams that to deliver range & performance targets for program
• Create and modify tools of different fidelity for range and performance prediction
• Develop sensitivity analyses to understand the design space and tradeoffs
• Hire and lead a world-class team of Range & Performance engineers
• Create vehicle-aligned component and system targets for function, cost, weight and more
• Data processing and model improvements with on-road vehicle usage data and homologation cycles
• Lead and contribute to design reviews, test plans, and requirements reviews to further optimize vehicle efficiency and performance cross-functionally
• Enable effective communications with subsystems and other engineering teams to deliver optimal design solutions
• Lead presentations of concepts and status to senior management and internally to Company personnel in an integration and subject matter expert role
• Support Software in the Loop strategies and execution

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Aerodynamics/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 7+ years of experience of developing physics-based models and an understanding of how that relates to vehicle performance
• 1+ year of experience homologating and launching a new product
• 2+ years of leading a team
• High proficiency in any of Python/Matlab/Simulink/Dymola

Even better, you may have:

• Masters or PhD Aerodynamics/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• Experience with controls strategies for vehicle powertrain/dynamics systems
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Confluence, and Jira applications
• Experience with instrumentation and measurement of homologation cycles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high-performing team
• A system approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement

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

Salary:

This position is a leadership level 5 and ranges from $163,080-308,880.