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Senior Power Electronics Design Engineer

Senior Power Electronics Design Engineer

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Overview

Senior Power Electronics Design Engineer – Ford Motor Company

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.

In this position, the Power Electronics Design Engineer will own complex drive unit inverter sub-components from concept through production, including development of related assembly and manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for driving the development of parts and processes with substantial impact on vehicle-level cost and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Own inverter mechanical parts from concept through production including part design and release.
  • Develop manufacturing processes including running DOEs and executing process validation.
  • Design and execute physical tests in a lab environment, including designing fixtures / test equipment.
  • Plan, coordinate, and execute test campaigns for design verification of inverter sub-components and the inverter system.
  • Optimize costs from design to manufacturing and create robust designs for automotive application.
  • Own mechanical parts for inverters, driving optimization for durability, efficiency, and performance.

Qualifications

  • You\'ll have robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
  • Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility.
  • Mechanical Engineering or similar degree.
  • Strong CAD skills (Catia / 3DX preferred).
  • Hands-on experience building and testing hardware in a prototype / lab environment (strong workshop skills preferred).
  • Even better, you may have...

  • 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred).
  • Passionate and curious about deep technical problems and driven to deliver engineering excellence.
  • Experience releasing prototype and production parts including drafting, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM.
  • Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in-house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.
  • Experience using finite element methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.
  • Experience designing and executing durability and design verification campaigns.
  • Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and / or automotive systems.
  • Experience designing parts, fixtures, and tools for prototype manufacturing processes including CNC milling / turning / EDM, 3D printing, press-brake sheet metal, and low volume tooling processes.
  • Experience designing parts for high volume manufacturing processes including casting, forging, stamping, extruding, injection molding, overmolding, and machining.
  • Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.
  • Strong written and verbal communication / presentation / storytelling skills.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills.
  • Strong problem solving, analysis, and critical thinking skills.
  • 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!

    Compensation and Benefits

    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? 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 8.

    For more information on salary and benefits, click here : https : / / fordcareers.co / GSRSP4

    Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

    Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

    We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

    Onsite work of up to four days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LI-Hybrid #LI-JD2

    Job Info

  • Job Identification 52369
  • Job Category PD Operations and Quality
  • Posting Date 10 / 03 / 2025, 03 : 55 PM
  • Apply Before 10 / 10 / 2025, 03 : 55 PM
  • Job Schedule Full time
  • Locations 3251 Hillview, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, US (Hybrid)
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