Senior System Engineer – Power Management

Ford Motor Company

Senior Power Management Engineer leading systems engineering for advanced electrical architectures at Ford. Collaborating with teams to define power distribution and energy management systems.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $192,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the systems engineering lifecycle for next-generation vehicle power management platforms and advanced electrical architectures.
Act as a key technical bridge between internal engineering teams, cross-functional leaders, and external engineering partners.
Drive high-level system definitions, lead system-level use-case development and decomposition, author high-level design (HLD) documentation, and provide rigorous quality oversight for partner deliverables.
Define the future of multi-platform power distribution and energy management systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and robust execution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
5+ years of experience in systems engineering, automotive electrical architectures, power management, or energy distribution systems.
Strong experience in requirements decomposition, use-case development, and system-level modeling.
Proven track record of managing and providing technical oversight to external engineering suppliers or third-party design partners.
Strong analytical skills with experience leading complex technical investigations and utilizing Change Control systems (e.g., Jira or similar agile tools).
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, lead technical reviews, and document complex architectures clearly (e.g., via Confluence/Wikis).
Familiarity with functional safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262).
Experience with vehicle energy management, low-voltage power distribution, or high-voltage battery systems.
Experience working within Agile product development frameworks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringautomotive electrical architecturespower managementenergy distribution systemsrequirements decompositionuse-case developmentsystem-level modelingfunctional safety standardslow-voltage power distributionhigh-voltage battery systems

Soft Skills

analytical skillscommunication skillsinfluence cross-functional teamslead technical reviewsdocument complex architectures

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Systems EngineeringMaster’s degree in Systems EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer EngineeringMaster’s degree in Computer Engineering