Power Electronics Design Engineer

About the role

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 DOE's 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
• Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility.

Qualifications

• Strong CAD skills (Catia / 3DX preferred).
• Hands-on experience building and testing hardware in a prototype / lab environment (strong workshop skills preferred).

Skills

• 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 tooled 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 / story-telling skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills.

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 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

Pay

This position is a salary grade 7-8 and ranges from $118,700-$232,700.

Schedule

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.