Customer Accreditation, Bankability and Audits Engineer, Ford Energy

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). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems.

We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Why Ford Energy?

At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands. Learn more at  this position... This role ensures Ford Energy's products and quality processes satisfy the accreditation, due-diligence, and 'bankability' expectations of customers, project financiers, insurers, and independent engineers involved in large-scale energy storage deployments.

Bankability is a critical commercial enabler for BESS projects — without it, projects cannot secure financing or insurance. This engineer serves as the technical face of Ford Energy Quality to the external commercial ecosystem, translating internal quality rigor into confidence-inspiring documentation and audit performance. You'll have...Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
5+ years of experience supporting project finance, insurance, or bankability technical reviews in energy or infrastructure sectors.

Strong customer-facing communication and audit management skills.

Even better, you may have...Direct experience with stationary BESS bankability reviews or independent engineer (IE) assessments.

Familiarity with ISO 9001 or similar quality management system accreditation frameworks.

Experience presenting technical risk topics to non-technical financial stakeholders.

Document management/Share Point Audit  management software

Presentation tools (PowerPoint) for executive-level readouts

Typical Career Path Progression toward Senior Customer Quality Engineer, Bankability Program Lead, or Head of Quality track roles with increasing external-facing scope.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions This role is primarily performed in an office, laboratory, manufacturing, or supplier environment, depending on program needs.

Occasional work in high-voltage or industrial environments may be required, with appropriate training and personal protective equipment (PPE).Ability and willingness to travel occasionally to support testing, supplier, manufacturing, or customer activities.

Location & Travel  This position is based in Dearborn, Michigan.

Travel may be required to support supplier, manufacturing, laboratory, and customer activities.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days,…