Ford Motor Company

Lead Manufacturing Engineer-Power Electronics

Ford Motor Company$72K — $162K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in engineering required.
  • 5+ years experience in high-volume automated manufacturing.
  • Project/team leadership experience necessary.
  • Familiarity with power electronics processes (soldering, welding).
  • Understanding of electrified powertrain components.
  • Experience in ISO clean room environments for power electronics.
  • Knowledge of ESD controls for handling electronics.
  • Data-driven decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead procurement and launch of production equipment for powertrain components.
  • Develop standardized manufacturing processes and equipment globally.
  • Implement manufacturing processes for power electronics including soldering and welding.
  • Support various test processes including leak and final tests.
  • Collaborate with Product Engineering for manufacturable product designs.
  • Support early-stage prototype engineering and manufacturing investigations.
  • Troubleshoot production issues to improve first time throughput (FTT) and warranty.
  • Travel to supplier facilities and Ford plants (10-30% travel required).

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility support.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and relatives.
  • Tuition assistance for lifelong learning.
  • Active employee resource groups for community building.
  • Paid time off for community service initiatives.
  • Generous holiday schedule including a full week off during Christmas.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

As part of our Manufacturing team, you'll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we're constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

Deliver new and retooled manufacturing systems for producing Power Electronics components. This role is part of the Powertrain Manufacturing Engineering (PTME) team.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Lead the specification, procurement, build, installation and launch of Powertrain Production equipment related to the manufacturing of powertrain power electronics components.
  • Develop and deliver standardized processes and equipment in line with global powertrain strategies.
  • Develop and implement manufacturing process associated with power electronics manufacturing including sintering vacuum reflow soldering, selective wave soldering and laser welding.
  • Support all test processes (e.g. leak test, in-process test, final test etc.).
  • Lead collaboration with Product Engineering to achieve a working Product design that meets Manufacturing Design Specifications with feasible expectations in the Engineering Specification (ES).
  • Support the Prototype Engineering/Pilot Manufacturing to determine feasible manufacturing solutions and methodology during the early stages of new programs.
  • Troubleshoot production issues impacting FTT and warranty, determine corrective actions to the part, assembly processes and/or test equipment.
  • Travel to suppliers facilities and Ford Manufacturing plants will be required (10-30%)


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's in engineering is required.
  • 5+ years' experience in Manufacturing/Assembly utilizing heavily or fully automated high-volume production.
  • Experience leading a project and/or team of engineers.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing process related to power electronics manufacturing and testing (soldering, welding, etc.).
  • Knowledge of electrified powertrain component function.
  • Prior experience working in ISO clean room environment manufacturing power electronics
  • Familiarization of ESD controls and measures for handling power electronics
  • Data driven mentality and decision-making process.
  • Application experience in computers and electronics.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
  • Ability to learn product function.
  • Handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Ability to be flexible and adapt to a dynamic working environment and diverse team.
  • Experience in Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Mechanical and Controls Engineering aptitude.
  • Project management experience.

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 a salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $72,480-162,120.

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/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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