TheBattery Manufacturing Engineering teamis opening new highways with our next-generation propulsion systems. We're investing over $50 billion to build some of the most technologically advanced EV manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and E.U. to produce the next generation of Ford electric vehicles. State-of-the-art technologies and processes for battery cells, arrays, and packs are core to our competitive strategy and will provide endless opportunities to innovate and grow -- all while helping the environment.
In this position...
You'll lead the development of innovative adhesive solutions for our high voltage battery packs. In this role you will drive technological advancement in this discipline as part of a small, specialized team.
You'll investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new products to reduce the cost and improve performance and own the process from early prototype builds through full volume production and provide potting and dispense design for manufacturability (DFM) input to our product design team"
What You'll Do
This is a hands-on role to actively develop state of the art dispensing technologies.
Investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new high voltage battery products
Downselect dispense equipment technologies to meet quality and cycle time targets.
Prove out new quality inspection and validation methods to ensure each dispense meets our requirements. You will ensure volume, bead, location, and ratios are all within specification.
Run design on experiments to optimize dispense paths and flow rates to get the most volume in the least amount of time.
Provide potting and dispense Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input to our product design team
Validate and optimize processes from early prototype builds through full volume production
Drive proof-of-concept to green light new and novel materials, manufacturing methods, technologies, and suppliers
Evolve the potting and dispense knowledge base through standards and benchmarking
What You'll Bring
5+ years of manufacturing engineering or equivalent relevant experience
Experience developing and implementing dispense processes and equipment in high-volume production: (expansion potting, syntactic potting, sealants, cure-in-place gaskets, form-in-place gaskets, structural adhesives)
Experience with low and high viscosity
Experience with one part and multiple components adhesives
Experience with high volume adhesive dispensing equipment
Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials, or equivalent experience
Even better, you may have…
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing dispense processes and equipment in high-volume production: (expansion potting, syntactic potting, sealants, cure-in-place gaskets, form-in-place gaskets, structural adhesives)
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 8.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD
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