Low Voltage Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Low Voltage Power Supply Core Engineer is responsible for the improvement and development of low voltage power supply component and system specifications for both Internal Combustion and Electric Vehicle electrical systems. Engineer is responsible for creating specifications for 12V and/or 48V power supply system and components, such as Ultra Capacitors, Li-Ion Batteries, or DC to DC Converters. The Power Supply Core Engineer will also create and author Failure Mode Avoidance FMA quality documents; Boundary and P-Diagrams, RCL and DFMEAs. The Power Supply Core Engineer will contribute to the Design and Verification testing plans development and assist with the supplier APQP support.

In this position…

• This description outlines the general nature and scope of work typically performed in this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, work requirements, etc. It may vary slightly based on business or geographic needs and is subject to being reviewed and updated periodically.
• The Low Voltage Power Supply engineer is responsible for improvement and development of low voltage power supply components and systems for both Internal Combustion, Hybrid Electric and Electric Vehicle electrical systems. Work may include:
• Develop and size 12V and/or 48V power supply components, such as Ultra Capacitors, Li-Ion Batteries, or DC to DC Converters; 1st tier supplier selection; specification development; Design and Verification testing plan development; supplier APQP support; support ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety requirements and releasing the module into the Ford system.
• Integration of the Power Supply components into the electrical charging system for the Internal Combustion engine and/or Electric Vehicle electrical systems.
  
  

Responsibilities

What You'll Do…

• Create and/or modify low voltage power supply component specifications.
• Create and/or modify low voltage power supply sub-system requirements.
• FEDE release of specification and FMA Quality documents.
• Work with suppliers to complete all supplier component FMA (Failure Mode Analysis) documentation including CPAs (Change Point Analysis) and SCCAFs (Special Characteristics Communication and Agreement Form.)
• Review supplier DFMEAs, complete DFMEAs assessment.
• Lead supplier SCCAF and supplier Control Plan development.
• Contribute and support supplier Technical Design Reviews (TDRs) prior to sourcing and during development of new technology.
  
  

Qualifications

You'll have…

• Bachelor’s degree, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Automotive Engineer or a related Engineering field.
• 3 years of experience in Product Development (Initial Concept through Production Launch)
• 3 years of experience in low voltage power supply development and testing
• Experience in electronics module design.
• Familiarity with Ford Systems (FEDE, Teamcenter, JAMA, WERS
  
  

Even better, you may have…

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering
• 5 years’ Experience in electronics module design.
  
  

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, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
  
  

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

This position is a range of salary grades GS5 - GS8

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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