Ford Racing Engine Performance Development Engineer

About the role

This role is for an Engine Performance Development Engineer within Ford Racing's Global Powertrain department, responsible for developing and executing engine test plans to validate fuel economy, performance, durability, combustion strategy, and system architecture for cutting-edge racing powertrains. This position requires 5 days per week onsite in Allen Park, MI.

Responsibilities

• Develop engine testing plans required for validation of fuel economy, performance, durability, combustion strategy, and engine system architecture. This involves defining test objectives, selecting experimental methodologies, and specifying equipment and instrumentation.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to facilitate test execution, including directing resources, guiding test preparation, scheduling test activities, and troubleshooting technical issues to ensure efficient test progress.
• Ensure test compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and safety protocols, including performing regular quality checks to verify data integrity and accuracy.
• Post-process and conduct in-depth analysis of test results using company-specific and industry-standard analysis and visualization tools (e.g., MATLAB, AVL Concerto).
• Identify trends and anomalies in combustion, fuel economy, performance, and emissions data, and perform further analysis to define optimal engine designs and calibrations.
• Prepare technical reports and present findings at data summary meetings for engineering and management teams.
• Develop post-processing tools and methodologies to enhance efficiency and capability, including creating bespoke scripts, algorithms, and software, as well as refining existing tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical degree
• Minimum 3+ years of powertrain testing experience
• Minimum 3+ years of experience with AVL Puma, AVL Concerto, AVL Indicom or equivalent testing software

Qualifications

• Experience using ATI Vision, ETAS INCA, or equivalent calibration software
• Strong understanding of basic data acquisition principles, sensor types, CAN bus architecture, and general automotive electronics
• Proficiency in C#, Python, MATLAB, VBA, or an equivalent programming language

Benefits

• 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
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments
• 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

Pay

This position is a salary grade 5–8 and ranges from $65,100–$166,200. 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.