Job DescriptionIn this position...You will stay at the frontier of AI for battery manufacturing. Work up front in process and launch, evaluate and pilot new methods, keep a living internal and external benchmark, and turn it into a pipeline of future ideas the plants can adopt.
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll do...- Own the AI roadmap for battery manufacturing: what to pilot, what to scale, what to retire, tied to yield, quality, cost, and launch speed.
- Run continuous benchmarking, internal across Ford battery sites and external across cell makers, suppliers, semiconductor, and coatings, and translate it into concrete next steps.
- Build proofs of concept and reference architectures for the highest-value use cases: formation and aging optimization, inline coating and defect vision, yield genealogy, and predictive maintenance.
- Set the data, labeling, and model standards so work done at one plant is reusable at the next.
- Act as the center of excellence for battery manufacturing AI: evaluate vendors, guide the embedded engineers, and align with IT and OT on security and scale.
- Where it fits, apply generative and agentic AI (copilots and workflow agents) to engineering and plant workflows.
QualificationsYou'll have...- Bachelor's in Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical preferred) or Bachelor's in Science (Computer Science)
- 10+ years of experience, with several years in applied AI or ML on real production or process systems.
- Depth in manufacturing or process data: multivariate and time-series, SPC, design of experiments, and inline vision.
- Fluent enough in the physics to earn credibility with process and controls engineers, and fluent enough in ML to lead the technical direction.
Even better, you may have...- Master's in AI, ML, data science, or computer science preferred.
- Battery cell, semiconductor fab, or roll-to-roll coating background; cloud ML (GCP or Azure); familiarity with agentic frameworks (LangGraph, ADK, AutoGen, MCP) for workflow automation.
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 changemaker, 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, 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.
This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.
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