Research Engineer

• Support Ford’s product safety investigations process within the Pre-Investigation Review team or Vehicle Hardware Critical Concern Review Group
• Help determine whether issues require further review based on occupant and road-user effects, compliance considerations, occurrence considerations, and other factors
• Support investigations evaluating potential safety defects or regulatory non-compliance related to vehicle hardware systems
• Lead collaboration with Product Development, Ford Customer Service Division, Supplier Technical Assistance, Manufacturing, and Office of General Counsel
• Develop company contacts to support timely root-cause ownership identification
• Coordinate special tests and field surveys to assess facts in safety and compliance evaluations
• Prepare presentations and reports, including engineering analysis and special vehicle/component demonstrations
• Create and maintain investigation documentation and submit regulatory documentation as necessary
• Maintain trackers, dashboards, and status reports across concurrent safety-defect and compliance investigations

Safety Investigative Engineer

• Develop and integrate innovative, next-generation electrified powertrain systems and technologies for future products
• Provide systems engineering expertise for advanced propulsion designs
• Understand how subsystem sizing, high-voltage architectures, thermal limits, and packaging affect vehicle-level attributes
• Size, select, and define subsystem architectures based on power, energy, mass, thermal capacity, cost, and other priorities
• Support integration, wiring/control interfacing, and initial commissioning of advanced propulsion subsystems into prototype vehicles, breadboards, and dyno test beds
• Lead cross-functional projects involving e-motor, power electronics, energy storage, driveline, high-voltage distribution, thermal management, controls, calibration, and simulation
• Develop requirements, attribute assessments, robustness assessments, and design verification plans
• Assess propulsion system tradeoffs among thermal, packaging, NVH, and hardware/software solutions
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting and diagnostics on prototype vehicles and benches
• Collect and analyze propulsion system and vehicle test data from lab benches, dynos, and on-road testing
• Apply systems engineering and problem-solving tools, including Boundary Diagrams, P-Diagrams, and DFMEAs
• Prepare and present technical project reviews to senior management and technical leadership

Research Engineer jobs in Michigan

Safety Investigative Engineer

Research Engineer – Advanced Electrified Propulsion Systems