Power Controls Engineer

Ford Motor Company

48V Power Controls Engineer developing system-level control requirements for low-voltage power supply. Working with teams on advanced vehicle architectures and ensuring compliance with specifications.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeAllen Park • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $85,400 - $192,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own key aspects of the 48V powernet control system for advanced vehicle electrical architectures, including Powernet 1, 1+, and future platforms.
Develop system-level control requirements and test cases that ensure robust low-voltage power supply performance across normal, edge, and corner-case user scenarios.
Work closely with software development, power supply hardware, electrical architecture, diagnostics, functional safety, and validation teams to ensure system coherence from concept through release.
Analyze interactions between power generation, energy storage, load behavior, voltage and current stability, and charge margin.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Automotive Systems, or a related technical field. or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
3+ years of experience in automotive system, hardware, or software engineering development.
3+ years experience with ICE and xEV low-voltage power supply architectures, including:
- Alternators/Belt-Integrated Starter-Generators (BISG)
- DC-to-DC power converters (DCDC)
- Low-voltage batteries (AGM Lead-acid, Lithium-ion)
- Power distribution boxes
- Vehicle load management systems
3+ years of experience developing or supporting system-level requirements, system or software DFMEA, test cases, and validation plans.
3+ years of experience Agile development practices and DevOps tools such as Jira.

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

System-Level Requirements DevelopmentTest Case DevelopmentDFMEAPower Supply Hardware EngineeringVehicle Load Management SystemsDC-to-DC Power ConvertersAlternators/Belt-Integrated Starter-GeneratorsLow-Voltage BatteriesPower Distribution BoxesVoltage And Current Stability Analysis