Ford Motor Company

Staff Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer

Ford Motor Company$150K — $283K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years designing, developing, and releasing power electronics products.
  • Robust understanding of engineering principles and strong judgment skills.
  • Proficient in 3D CAD (Catia / 3DX preferred) and GD&T.
  • Displays intellectual curiosity and humility; committed to engineering excellence.
  • Proven experience leading technical projects with strong communication skills.
  • Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Drive development of mechanical architecture for next-gen power electronics.
  • Oversee top-level assemblies with a focus on GD&T and change management.
  • Lead FMEA, requirements definition, and test case generation for mechanical systems.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing teams to review and validate production controls.
  • Develop and implement system and component validation plans.
  • Manage production system-level test specifications in collaboration with teams.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in design, prototype, and production phases.
  • Lead sustaining engineering activities for long-term corrective actions.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.
  • Tuition assistance for continued education.
  • Active employee resource groups for community building.
  • Generous paid time off for community service and holidays.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
The Power Electronics Product Design Lead Engineer will be responsible for leading the architecture, assembly design, mechanical systems engineering, and validation of drive unit inverters from concept through production.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Drive next-gen power electronics mechanical architecture development including component sizing & selection, mechanical layout, and trade studies.
  • Own top-level assemblies including GD&T and change management.
  • Lead mechanical systems engineering activities including FMEA, requirements definition, and DV test case generation.
  • Work closely with in-house manufacturing teams to review and validate manufacturing controls plans and PV test campaigns.
  • Create and execute system and component test / validation plans.
  • Work closely with in-house manufacturing teams to create and manage production system-level test specifications.
  • Triage and manage product design build and test issues from early prototype through final production verification stages.
  • Lead sustaining engineering activities from initial investigation through implementation of permanent corrective actions.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
  • 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred)
  • Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
  • Strong 3D CAD (Catia / 3DX preferred), 2D GD&T, tolerance analysis, and assembly management skills.
  • Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility; a passion for solving deep technical problems; and a drive to deliver engineering excellence.
  • Experience leading technical projects; strong written and verbal communication / presentation / story-telling skills.
  • Strong problem solving, analysis, and critical thinking skills.


Even better, you may have...
  • Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and/or automotive systems, writing system requirements, and designing test cases.
  • Experience designing / executing design and production verification campaigns.
  • Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.
  • Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in-house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.
  • Experience using analysis methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.


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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500.
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 available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-JD2 #UEV

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