Ford Motor Company

Low Voltage Power Supply Architecture Simulation Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $83K — $190K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Experience with low voltage power supply systems.
  • Familiarity with automotive CAE processes.
  • 3+ years in sizing and verification of automotive electrical systems.
  • Proficient in Matlab/Simulink and Simscape.

Responsibilities

  • Develop power net simulation environments for 12V and 48V architectures.
  • Integrate power source and storage component models into the electrical system.
  • Coordinate a structured verification process for power supply models.
  • Verify power net architectures for sizing, functionality, and safety concepts.
  • Interface with power supply controls for smooth integration into simulations.
  • Support component engineers in model development and verification.
  • Integrate the power net model into vehicle simulation environments.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments.
  • Employee vehicle discount programs.
  • Tuition assistance for career development.
  • Active employee resource groups for support and inclusion.
  • Paid time off for community service activities.
  • Generous holiday schedule including a week off between Christmas and New Year's.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

At Ford, we are driving the future of automotive innovation, and our Low Voltage Power Net Architecture team is at the forefront of this transformation. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineer with an automotive CAE background to join our dynamic team.

The Opportunity: In this critical role, you will be a key contributor to the development and release of advanced power supply architectures across all Ford vehicle platforms. Your primary focus will be on creating, enhancing, and utilizing sophisticated simulation environments for these complex electrical systems. You will bridge the gap between theoretical design and real-world performance, ensuring the integrity, efficiency, and safety of our low voltage power supply architectures before they ever reach physical prototypes. This position offers the chance to apply cutting-edge CAE techniques to drive innovation in automotive power management.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Develop Power Supply simulation environment: Develop a simulation environment for power supply architectures on 12V and 48V including power supply components and required vehicle interfaces in an automotive development process.
  • Component modeling: Integrate component models of power sources and energy storage into the electrical system model. This supplier specific models need to represent electrical, thermal and aging behavior.
  • System model verification: Coordinate a structured verification process for the power supply model on component and system test bench level. Iterate hardware test results into the model environment to optimize results.
  • Power Net verification by CAE: Verify power net architectures with respect to sizing, electrical functionality, and power supply safety concepts in this CAE environment.
  • Interface: Interface with power supply controls organization to ensure a smooth integration of 12V and 48V power net controls into the simulation environment.
  • Support the component engineers and their suppliers in developing and verifying powerful component models.
  • Support the integration of the power net model into a vehicle simulation environment.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
  • Experience with low voltage power supply
  • Experience with automotive CAE processes
  • 3+ years of experience with sizing and verification of automotive electrical systems
  • Demonstrated experience in Matlab/Simulink and Simscape.
  • Capability to utilize AI tools and methods in the CAE process


Even better, you may have...
  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in one of the aforementioned engineering fields.
  • 5+ years of experience with vehicle electrical architecture and automotive power distribution systems on 12V and 48V.
  • 5+ years of experience in modeling 12V and 48V electrical systems
  • Familiarity with Ford engineering processes and tools, such as: Ford Engineering Design Environment (FEDE), Jama, Global Product Development System (GPDS), Jira.
  • Experience with sizing and verification processes of automotive electrical systems.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively liaise between internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.


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 range of salary grades 6 - 8 and ranges from $83,280 - $190,500.

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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 #LI-DP1

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Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
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