Electrical Engineer

If you’re ready to change the way the world moves, join us at BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a new state-of-the-art facility in Marshall, Michigan. You’ll be a key part of the launch team that will help bring the electrification revolution to driveways, job sites, and highways everywhere. BlueOval Battery Park Michigan will produce the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells to power the next-generation Ford EV passenger vehicles and trucks under development. This new wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company will create more than 1,700 jobs when production begins in 2026.

• Use your entrepreneurial skills and team mindset to come up with data-driven solutions.
• Build and lead an agile team to deliver the advanced technology that drives the future.
• Create a culture of trust, encourage diversity of thought, and foster leadership in others.
• Be part of the historic transformation of the automotive industry.

What you’ll do…
• Be responsible to identify, rectify, improve, and maintain the electrical components and fault conditions.
• Program machinery and related equipment utilizing Siemens PLC programming, SP700 and other PLC programming software to monitor, diagnose faults, and modify equipment programs.
• Manage the selection, procurement, and inventory of electrical spare parts.
• Understand the applications of various sensors, flowmeters, liquid level meters, etc.
• Conduct fault analysis, identify the root causes, and take measures to prevent recurrence of similar issues.
• Conduct electrical training for subordinate technicians, share problem solving experience, and enhance the team's overall competence.
• Maintain cycle times on equipment ensuring stands are running at or below authorized cycle time.
• Support feasibility on product design changes and lead modifications and model code updates as required.
• Assist team members with calibration of test stand instrumentation per schedule.
• Ability to work various shifts and hours, including weekends.
• Ability to travel extensively, including internationally.

You'll have...

• 3-5 years relevant professional experience

• Bachelor’s degree or above, major in electrical automation, mechatronics, etc.

• Familiarity with the automotive manufacturing and/or batter cell manufacturing.

• Proficient in PLC (such as Omron and Siemens).

• Proficiency with the working principle of robot and servo controls.

• Establish preventive maintenance plans for equipment's electrical aspects and organize technicians to implement them punctually.

• Have experience in the control modes and interactions between servo system, frequency conversion system and upper computer, and can configure parameters appropriately according to the corresponding loads.

Even better, you may have...

• 5 years+ relevant experience.

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, 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 5-8

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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