At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams! With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

　　Ford Model E is responsible for developing the key technologies and capabilities – such as EV platforms, batteries, e-motors, inverters, charging and recycling – to create ground-up, breakthrough electric vehicles. By joining the best software, engineering, design and UX talent, you will be a part of creating new technologies and concepts that can be applied across the Ford enterprise. Being on the Ford Model E team means building the future as Ford’s center of innovation and growth through electric and connected vehicles and services.

　　Thermal systems spans a diverse range of critical customer-facing attributes, hardware, and software domains. For example, our work keeps occupants comfortable, enables full vehicle powertrain capability, and empowers battery fast charging – in all weather conditions. We strive to balance heating/cooling performance, energy consumption, cost, reliability, NVH and packaging trade-offs through physics-driven, cross-functional engineering collaboration. We work closely with mechanical engineers, aerodynamicists, battery and powertrain experts, electrical engineers, embedded/controls engineers, and more through all phases of vehicle development. Your role: bridge the gap between what’s possible (models/simulation) and reality by building a world-class controls framework to deliver an exceptional customer experience in all situations that may arise. Your mastery of controls will balance many critical customer-facing performance attributes, e.g., vehicle range or efficiency, occupant comfort/climate control, NVH, and more.

　　What you’ll be able to do:

　　Create control/estimation algorithms to support a broad thermal management scope: climate control, battery, powertrain, heat pump/refrigeration system, car computers, and more

　　Adapt or create reduced order thermal systems models to suit control-focused development/refinement workflows

　　Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware engineers to execute control strategies

　　Map out control capability and drive realistic sensing and actuation requirements

　　Work closely with test and integration engineers to debug your control algorithms at the bench and vehicle level

　　Design and develop embedded software in the C language

　　Develop and continuously improve models to compare alternative control algorithms quantitatively across many key metrics (cost, efficiency, performance, complexity, etc.)

　　Collaborate closely with modeling engineers to use model-based design for a seamless customer experience, including real-time fault inference and mitigation strategies/tools

　　Monitor fleet telemetry and use data analysis to close the loop on software quality and help ideate new software features

　　Minimum Requirements:

　　Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, OR equivalent real-world experience

　　Foundational background in control theory, system dynamics, and model-based design

　　Ability to write and tune closed loop control algorithms and apply them to physical systems

　　Deep background in linear systems, state-estimation/observers

　　An understanding of first principles driven controls design and analysis

　　Proficiency in designing and implementing control algorithms for HVAC systems, refrigeration systems, coolant circuits, and air handling systems

　　Preferred Requirements:

　　Experience with developing control algorithms for electric vehicles (EVs)

　　Real-world product development experience using controls to design, validate and continuously improve a thermal system used by customers every day

　　Experience developing control algorithms for thermal systems using modeling tools of various scales (GT, Python, MATLAB/Simulink, Dymola, TAITherm, or similar)

　　An understanding of the pros/cons of machine learning based control strategies

　　Familiarity with refrigeration systems (compressors, heat exchangers, valves, sensors, charge and oil management) and HVAC systems

　　Familiarity with battery, motor/inverter and electronics thermal/electrical models

　　Proficiency using collaborative work tracking tools such as JIRA, Confluence and GitHub

　　Experience with data management tools / using fleet data to guide design

　　What you’ll receive in return:

　　As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

　　https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2023-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf

　　If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we’d love to have you join us.

　　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. Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

　　We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.

　　Requisition ID : 23248