Mechanical Design Engineer, Thermal

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Fords Electric Vehicles Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the companys vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed entrepreneurial and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. Youll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively staying focused on only what matters and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position...
Join our dynamic and agile team pioneering Fords EV future. As a Mechanical Design Engineer for Thermal Systems you will own the physical design of thermal hardware across the entire system coolant loops refrigeration/heat-pump circuits and HVAC/climate turning thermal performance targets into robust manufacturable components and assemblies. You will help design and package hardware that keep the battery drive units power electronics and cabin within their thermal limits all the way from concept through production release.

What youll do...

You will lead the mechanical design of thermal system hardware across one or more subsystems translating performance and packaging requirements into detailed manufacturable designs.

Component & Assembly Design: Design thermal hardware across coolant refrigeration and HVAC/climate subsystems in 3D CAD from concept through production release.

System Packaging & Routing: Package and route thermal hardware through the vehicle resolving space interface and clearance constraints with adjacent systems (battery drive unit power electronics IP chassis and body) and coordinating shared interfaces across subsystems.

Performance-Driven Design: Translate thermal hydraulic and refrigerant performance targets from the system and subsystem engineers into physical geometry flow paths sealing mounting and heat-exchanger placement that meets thermal pressure and flow requirements.

Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFM/DFA): Develop designs optimized for their manufacturing processes (injection molding brazing stamping extrusion machining) and for high-volume assembly working with full service and build to print suppliers on tooling and process feasibility to balance cost mass and quality.

Tolerance & GD&T: Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing perform tolerance stack-up analysis and define critical dimensions to ensure fit sealing and function across the production range and across mating subsystems.

Design Analysis & Robustness: Support structural flow thermal and durability analysis (CFD/FEA in partnership with analysis teams) and use DFMEA to identify and mitigate various failure modes.

Engineering Documentation: Create and release detailed part and assembly drawings manage engineering changes and maintain CAD data and bills of materials through the product development process.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the system and subsystem engineers (who own performance targets) Controls Engineers (for actuator/valve strategy) test engineers (for validation) and suppliers (for tooling and build) supporting design reviews and readiness gates through launch.

Youll have...

Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

3 years of experience in mechanical design of automotive components or systems.

Proficiency in 3D CAD (CATIA NX or 3DEXPERIENCE) for part and assembly modeling and detailing.

Working knowledge of GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis.

Solid understanding of design for manufacture and assembly across multiple processes (e.g. molding brazing stamping).

Familiarity with heat transfer fluid dynamics and pressure-system fundamentals as they apply to thermal hardware.

Even better you may have...
Masters degree in a relevant engineering discipline.

Direct experience designing thermal hardware coolant loops refrigeration/heat-pump circuits heat exchangers or HVAC units.

Experience with EV thermal management systems (battery drive unit power electronics and cabin cooling/heating).

Familiarity with refrigeration and HVAC systems.

Experience with actuator- and valve-driven hardware and control interfaces.

Experience with DFMEA DVP&R and the release/change-management process for production parts.

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 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a salary grade 7-8 and ranges from $100400-$232700.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

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