BMS Design & Release Engineer

Job-: PD Operations and Quality

Location:

Dearborn, MI, United States Workplace:
Hybrid

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Our advanced energy team is a dynamic division dedicated to powering the future through advanced electric vehicle (EV) battery systems and related electrified energy solutions. As we scale these advanced electrification initiatives, we are seeking technically strong engineers who can help establish the foundation for our product execution, safety strategy, and vehicle  this position... This is an expanded design and release (DR) role.

The BMS Design Release and Technical Delivery Engineer owns full release and quality accountability for battery management system (BMS) controller assemblies, and in addition owns the technical timing plan and supplier technical delivery for the BMS work stream, from concept through production launch and into the field.

The successful candidate has carried release accountability for production electronic hardware through job one, has owned cost, investment, and quality targets, and is comfortable holding both internal teams and suppliers to committed dates.

Qualifications You'll have...Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
7+ years of engineering experience, including design and release accountability for production electronic hardware through launch.

Demonstrated ownership of engineering release and change control for a production product, including bill of material accuracy and cost, investment, or quality targets.

Experience with core quality documentation — DFMEA, DVPR, control plan, and special characteristics.

Experience with post-launch quality resolution, including warranty and field concern investigation.

Experience working with suppliers on technical deliverables and production readiness.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Ability and willingness to travel occasionally, including to supplier and manufacturing sites.

Even better, you may have...Experience releasing high-voltage battery electronics or safety-related electronic control units.

Experience with WERS, AIMS, and field service action processes.

Experience with electronic control unit hardware and embedded software release processes.

Experience managing a global supply base across multiple time zones.

Experience with product safety, functional safety, or cybersecurity process requirements applied to electronic control units.

Experience establishing internal engineering ownership of externally developed hardware or software, including documentation and toolchain transfer.

Experience owning technical timing plans and critical path for a hardware and software deliverable set.

Technical Skills Engineering release and change control

Bill of material ownershipDFMEA, DVPR, control plan, SCCAFCost, investment, and value engineering

Warranty and field concern resolution

Program timing, critical path, and gate readiness

Long-lead tooling and capacity planning

Supplier technical management, APQP/PPAPObsolescence and running change

Service part and traceability requirements

Manufacturing launch readiness

Location & Travel

Location:

Hybrid 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…