CVM CAE Analyst

Job Description

In this position...
The Electrified Propulsion Engineering (EPE) organization is responsible for delivering the best fuel economy and refined Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid and Electric vehicles in every segment in which we contend. We strive to consistently provide the best customer vehicle value and profitability while delivering performance, durability, and fuel economy/range objectives.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

• Perform 3D thermal/CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis simulations on system, subsystem and component level high voltage battery packs using commercial CAE/CFD software.
• Perform 3D thermal/CFD simulations for battery malfunctions such as thermal runaway, thermal propagation and associated cell vent gas management.
• Propose and analyze countermeasures and design improvements.
• Post process and report thermal simulation results to product development teams to guide battery design in support of product development milestones.
• Develop and coordinate activities for verification and correlation of virtual/CFD models to physical test data, including test specification, instrumentation and data processing.
• Process battery malfunction test and CAE output data to generate input conditions for vehicle-level simulations.
• Coordinate associated vehicle-level thermal modeling and collaborate with broader engineering teams for vehicle-level thermal analyses.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• 3+ years minimum experience in thermal analysis and 3D thermal / CFD simulation techniques.
• 3 years minimum working experience in thermal analysis supporting product development.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree.
• Expert knowledge of heat transfer theory and CAE thermal analysis simulation methods.
• Physical thermal testing experience preferred, including thermal test data processing.
• Working knowledge of Computed Aided Engineering (CAE) software tools for heat transfer analysis, such as StarCCM+ and CAE model building software tools such as Ansa and Hypermesh.
• Working experience in CAD geometry cleanup for CAE, simulation model building and meshing, CAE model setup, model running and post-processing.

Even better, you may have...

• 5+ years experience in thermal analysis and 3D thermal / CFD simulation techniques. HV battery thermal modeling preferred.
• M.S degree preferred.
• HV battery thermal modeling experience preferred.
• Knowledge of scripting languages preferred.

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.

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This position is a range of salary grades 7-8 .

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