Research Engineer

• Apply modern software development practices throughout the entire software development lifecycle
• Create large scale data processing pipelines for machine learning algorithms
• Work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment
• Deliver timely solutions with a strong sense of urgency
• Contribute innovative ideas and solutions, accountable for end-to-end deliveries
• Engage and communicate effectively with cross-functional partners

Senior Research Engineer

• Contribute to a team highly engaged in all aspects of battery materials research from material synthesis, characterization, fabrication of coin and pouch cells, testing for electrochemical performance, and post-mortem analysis.
• Contribute by using optical, spectroscopic, and electrochemical methods to interrogate materials and cells to understand underlying physical and chemical processes.
• Develop and apply in-operando and in-situ spectroelectrochemical characterization tools.
• Use laser ablation to structure electrodes for improved performance, durability, and lower cost.
• Work with universities to measure physical phenomena such as battery gas and interfacial layers.

• Model Development & Optimization: Develop and improve physical and electrochemical models to predict fuel cell stack performance, degradation, and internal operational states.
• Engineering Analysis: Conduct model-based engineering analysis to mitigate stack stress factors and improve lifetime durability, supporting key design decisions for fuel cell stacks, systems, and controls.
• Advanced Simulation: Create advanced simulations incorporating the physics of automotive fuel cell stack operation to develop and verify current and future system designs.
• Tool & Software Creation: Develop software toolsets for simulated fuel cell stacks to test against physical constraints and safe operational requirements.
• Automation: Implement automation processes for the analysis and testing of modeled fuel cell stacks.
• Scalability: Develop standardized processes, methods, and tools to make simulation models sharable and scalable across departments.
• Data Validation: Analyze and review simulation test data using real-time and post-processing tools to ensure tight correlation between virtual models and physical testing.
• Model Integration: Integrate fuel cell stack simulation models with other Ford models, including controls, larger powertrain systems, and full-vehicle simulations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with hardware test engineers to design physical experiments, parameterize physics-based models, and troubleshoot complex system-level issues.
• Documentation & Reporting: Create and maintain comprehensive simulation documentation (including requirements, procedures, plans, and reports), document simulation code, and publish technical papers or reports.

Research Engineer – Fuel Cell Stack Modeling

• Develop models based on target material properties including density, fast ionic diffusion, composition, phase stability, etc.
• Provide actionable mechanistic insight into function and degradation processes in battery cells, including phase evolution, interfacial layer formation and growth, and electrolyte additive function.
• Take data inputs from material and battery synthesis and characterization
• Collaborate with other team members to implement the modeled insights and learnings in real battery materials and systems
• Participate in joint projects with universities and national labs that leverage DFT/ML/AI/MD and other modeling methods

Research Engineer – Battery Material Modeling

• Newly created role to help drive more innovation into new Ford seat and restraints projects.
• The candidate will act as an engineering project manager assisting core/research teams bring high want projects from key stakeholders into programs.
• Managing product release CAD and BOM structures, including assembly positioning and mass attribute analysis.
• Facilitating supplier data integration and developing CAD studies to support and drive design improvements.
• Perform feasibility analyses using CAD tools, including draft angle analysis, undercut detection, minimum bend radius validation for sheet metal, and clearance checks to support manufacturing and machining requirements.

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