Job DescriptionAt 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's Research and Advanced Engineering team explores new vehicle and societal innovations that require some level of invention before they can be applied to our products and services. The team is building on a history of Ford innovation.The Materials, Process, Structures & Safety team within Ford's Research and Advanced Engineering organization is seeking an employee to work in the Advanced Polymer Technology Department. The department's focus is on fundamentally understanding the current and future plastics and polymer needs for Ford Motor Company at all levels. The group comprises a multidisciplinary team of researchers in mechanical engineering, material science, physics, and polymer chemistry from PhD level experts to laboratory technicians. This role is focused on development and implementation of polymer technologies to deliver features and performance for vehicles while delivering cost and quality improvements for manufacturing facilities.ResponsibilitiesJob ResponsibilitiesPerform research and develop innovative polymer technologies and applications that enable scalable solutions for cost and weight optimization for IEC, Hybrid, and Battery Electric vehiclesInitiate and lead projects to advance technologies from concept to application to implementation readinessLead a portfolio of projects to pursue and advance Ford's corporate sustainability and recycling targetsCoordinate with technology providers, tier suppliers, and Ford product development, engineering, and manufacturingDesign and execute experimental studies to develop and validate technical, scalable, and economically feasible solutions for new polymer technologiesEstablish processing and design guidelines for new technologies to ensure quality and high volume manufacturing capabilityDocument findings via oral presentations and written reportsQualificationsThe minimum requirements we seek:Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, polymer chemistry, or related field5+ years experience in material development with hands-on skills in formulation of some or all of the following: polyurethane foams, thermoplastic blends, filled/reinforced composites5+ years of laboratory or factory experience with polymer processing, including some or all of the following: polyurethane foam molding, injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, extrusion/pultrusion, laminating, welding5+ years in material characterization, which may include standard thermal and mechanical testing, melt rheology, and microscopy6+ months experience with polymer CAE (internships, co-ops and coursework included)The preferred requirements we seek:Masters and/or Ph.D in chemical engineering, material science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, polymer chemistry, or related field8+ years of hands-on material development and polymer processing experienceAutomotive industry experience, including cross-functional work experience in plastics and polymer processingExperience in polymer multiscale modeling and ICMEExperience in EV battery technologyExperience in utilizing circular economy principles and life cycle assessment toolsYou 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 coverageFlexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and moreVehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leasesTuition assistanceEstablished and active employee resource groupsPaid time off for individual and team community serviceA generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's DayPaid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHDThis position is a range of salary grades 6 - 8.Visa sponsorship is available for this position.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.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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.#LI-Hybrid#J-18808-Ljbffrby Jobble

Job Description Robotics Research Engineer As part of Ford Motor Company's Research & Advanced Engineering division, Digital Systems develops and implements cutting-edge technologies that will transform our business to help build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. Our team develops integrated hardware and software solutions leveraging state-of-the-art technologies for both internal and customer-facing applications. As vehicles become more autonomous, we want to deliver better ways for vehicles to drive efficiently and harmoniously with each other, the environment, and the traffic flows. To accomplish this goal, we need to combine ADAS, traffic data, road data, high speed communications and user experience. The Automation team is seeking an innovative Robotics Research Engineer to develop and implement robotic solutions to assist in transforming Ford's businesses. Specifically, this engineer will be responsible for developing vehicle platforms that enable safety-critical closed-loop wireless connections between vehicles and infrastructure Responsibilities What you'll do... As a Robotics Research Engineer, you will work in areas such as: <ul> <li>Wireless network design and control for efficient organization and backhaul of data across many disparate sources</li> <li>Coordination of multiple wireless protocols in unison to enable safety-critical closed-loop systems</li> <li>Standards development for maintaining communication API's with the vehicle</li> <li>Planning, controlling and coordinating the motion of a heterogenous fleet of robots in semi-structured and dynamic environments with distributed sensing</li> <li>Using advanced compute systems to solve scheduling problems</li> <li>Object/people classification/recognition in environments with non-uniform lighting and incorporating associated models of uncertainty in motion planning and interaction decision making</li> <li>Vision-based safety enhancement/enforcement in industrial settings</li> <li>Visual inspection of vehicles for abnormality detection/identification</li></ul> The ideal candidate for this position will be provably familiar with methods to address at least one of these areas and is motivated to push the frontier in their domain. You will be given the opportunity to develop and lead both university and industrial partnerships and programs. As our newest member, you may choose to interact with vendors, visit trade-shows, supervise interns and identify new challenges to tackle. Qualifications You'll have... <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field</li> <li>3+ years of relevant experience in developing algorithms and a working knowledge of computational complexity analysis.(coursework, internships , Research and Co-ops included)</li> <li>1+ years of relevant experience in developing end-to-end wireless communications systems. (coursework, internships , Research and Co-ops included)</li> <li>1+ years of experience in at least one of the following: SLAM, control of (non)-holonomic dynamic systems, pattern matching and recognition, use of DNNs for perception. (coursework, internships , Research and Co-ops included)</li> <li>3+ years of experience with programming languages such as C++ and Python (coursework, internships , Research and Co-ops included)</li></ul> Even better, you may have... <ul> <li>Master's degree in Robotics, Computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field</li> <li>Proven innovativeness through research publication in AI/perception/robotics-related topics </li> <li>Business acumen and comfortable analyzing financial viability of projects</li> <li>Strong written and oral skills along with the ability to communicate ideas to those who may have limited theoretical background in the area</li> <li>Ability to work both independently as well as a member of a multi-disciplinary team</li> <li>Ability to deliver results and be nimble to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines</li></ul> 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 child care 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 a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD Visa sponsorship is available for this position. 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. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #LI-Hybrid

Job Description 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's Research and Advanced Engineering team explores new vehicle and societal innovations that require some level of invention before they can be applied to our products and services. The team is building on a history of Ford innovation. The Materials, Process, Structures & Safety team within Ford's Research and Advanced Engineering organization is seeking an employee to work in the Advanced Polymer Technology Department. The department's focus is on fundamentally understanding the current and future plastics and polymer needs for Ford Motor Company at all levels. The group comprises a multidisciplinary team of researchers in mechanical engineering, material science, physics, and polymer chemistry from PhD level experts to laboratory technicians. This role is focused on development and implementation of polymer technologies to deliver features and performance for vehicles while delivering cost and quality improvements for manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities Job Responsibilities <ul><li>Perform research and develop innovative polymer technologies and applications that enable scalable solutions for cost and weight optimization for IEC, Hybrid, and Battery Electric vehicles</li><li>Initiate and lead projects to advance technologies from concept to application to implementation readiness</li><li>Lead a portfolio of projects to pursue and advance Ford's corporate sustainability and recycling targets</li><li>Coordinate with technology providers, tier suppliers, and Ford product development, engineering, and manufacturing </li><li>Design and execute experimental studies to develop and validate technical, scalable, and economically feasible solutions for new polymer technologies</li><li>Establish processing and design guidelines for new technologies to ensure quality and high volume manufacturing capability</li><li>Document findings via oral presentations and written reports</li></ul> Qualifications The minimum requirements we seek: <ul><li>Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, polymer chemistry, or related field</li><li>5+ years experience in material development with hands-on skills in formulation of some or all of the following: polyurethane foams, thermoplastic blends, filled/reinforced composites</li><li>5+ years of laboratory or factory experience with polymer processing, including some or all of the following: polyurethane foam molding, injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, extrusion/pultrusion, laminating, welding</li><li>5+ years in material characterization, which may include standard thermal and mechanical testing, melt rheology, and microscopy</li><li>6+ months experience with polymer CAE (internships, co-ops and coursework included)</li></ul> The preferred requirements we seek: <ul><li>Masters and/or Ph.D in chemical engineering, material science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, polymer chemistry, or related field</li><li>8+ years of hands-on material development and polymer processing experience</li><li>Automotive industry experience, including cross-functional work experience in plastics and polymer processing</li><li>Experience in polymer multiscale modeling and ICME</li><li>Experience in EV battery technology </li><li>Experience in utilizing circular economy principles and life cycle assessment tools </li></ul> 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 child care 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 a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD This position is a range of salary grades 6 - 8. Visa sponsorship is available for this position. 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. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #LI-Hybrid

Job Description Research Engineer We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better worldtogether. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? Ford's Research and Advanced Engineering team takes new ideas from theory to reality. Every day, we develop advanced energy management and propulsion technologies, create cutting-edge materials and manufacturing processes, and curate world-class cabin experiences that redefine what it means to drive a Ford. This position focused on design, simulation and testing of inverter and power semiconductor devices for traction drive applications. Responsibilities What you'll do... <ul> <li>Design next generation power electronic converters for electrified vehicles.</li> <li>Support development of smart gate drive technologies for silicon and wide band gap devices.</li> <li>Conduct field leading research in power electronic topologies, high frequency technologies and materials for inverter applications.</li> <li>Test and quantify semiconductor and inverter component losses, safe operating area.</li> <li>Effectively communicate results by writing technical reports, invention disclosures and present data to management.</li> <li>Monitor international trends in power electronics and advancements in gate drives, to support loss reduction in inverter systems.</li> <li>Support technical interaction with experts from inverter control, low voltage circuit designers and electric machines.</li></ul> Qualifications You'll have... <ul> <li>Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field </li> <li>5+ years of research/industry experience in fields of high voltage power electronic systems and high-power gate drive applications.</li></ul> •3+ years in at least 3 of the following areas (coursework, internships, Research and Co-ops Included) <ul> <li>Knowledge in HV system design, busbar & capacitor layout, testing of HV traction inverter, HV passive component sizing, ripple current/voltage estimation.</li> <li>Experience in modeling of HV circuit for inverter, to measure losses as function of operating voltage, current and temperature. Knowledge in modeling inverter system stability.</li> <li>Experience in modeling semiconductor device for high voltage power electronic systems, using Synopsys SABER or similar. Ability to replicate device slew rate, tail current, turn on/off delay, voltage spike and reverse recovery.</li> <li>Practical experience in double pulse test procedure, to quantify switching loss, device slew rates, voltage spike, reverse recovery, and miller capacitance. </li> <li>Expertise in high-speed time domain signal acquisition and analysis using oscilloscopes, passive probes, optical differential probes, for high voltage power electronic systems.</li> <li>Expertise in time-to-frequency domain correlation. Ability to match time domain signals with frequency spectrum analysis using equipment such spectrum and network analyzer. </li></ul> Even better, you may have... <ul> <li>PHD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field </li> <li>MATLAB, FPGA programming, LabView, PLECS, Simplorer, Synopsys SABER, SPICE, Fusion 360, Altium, KiCAD</li> <li>Adept with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, probes, LCR meter, network and spectrum analyzer, HV power supplies.</li> <li>Strong verbal and presentation skills to ensure effective communications with technical and management teams.</li> <li>Self-motivated individual, with strong intrapersonal skills.</li> <li>Ability to lead technical projects with a team-oriented personality.</li></ul> 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 child care 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 a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBY4kHXrmJzUQKVdCdL?h=fkyuHleWxGmCwFVyToZbxZWgzYaLsYoVCKw943_1-jM=&u=https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD Visa sponsorship is available for this position. 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. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. #LI-Hybrid

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