HV Battery Thermal Propagation CAE Analyst
HV Battery Thermal Propagation CAE Analyst
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Job Description
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The Electrified Propulsion Engineering (EPE) organization is responsible for delivering the best fuel economy and refined Hybrid Plugin 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 youll 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 vehiclelevel simulations.
- Coordinate associated vehiclelevel thermal modeling and collaborate with broader engineering teams for vehiclelevel thermal analyses.
Qualifications
Youll 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 postprocessing.
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 weve 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 builderor 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 rampup programs subsidized backup 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 Years Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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This position is a range of salary grades 78 .
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color age sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call.
Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. #LIHybrid
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
