Staff Systems Engineer Bidirectional Charging

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.

1. **Certification & Regulatory Compliance**

1. **NRTL Testing**: Lead regulatory certification testing for Bidirectional EVSE with NRTL interfacing with development teams in Long Beach and India.

2. **Compliance Monitoring**: Relay information on any SW and HW non-compliances that may come out of testing and drive compliance forward within launch timelines.

3. **Standards Consultation**: Consult on requirements for onboard and offboard commodities related to bidirectional V2G and V2H UL9741 UL1741 UL1741SC UL1741SB SAE J3072 UL 3141 IEEE 1547 ANSI C84.1 and Power quality standards.

4. **Automation Tools**: Consult on test tool vendor vetting for UL1741SC and J3072 IEEE 1547 test automation.

5. **Documentation**: Consult and develop documentation for V2G and HEMS system installation and operation manuals collaborating with relevant teams within Ford.

2. **Product Strategy & Hardware Roadmap**

1. **Pro EVSE Certification**: Support Pro EVSE certification for public V2G using both LIN-CP (system type D) and 15118 (system type E).

2. **Commercial Pilots**: Apply for interconnection for commercial V2G pilots in Long Beach Palo Alto and Allen Park Test Labs working with regional utility partners.

3. **Hardware Revisions**: Define requirements for hardware revision(s) to allow for:

1. Revenue-grade billing with higher accuracy-class CT undergo California CTEP evaluation( 2. Integration of NFC reader for seamless tap-to-pay in public / integration of Plug and Charge with ISO 15118 contract certificate exchange

3. Retail unit V2H dark-start battery-less solution using pilot-based power from the EV for infinite black-start capability or completely off-grid V2H.

4. **EMEA Market Expansion**: Once aligned in cycle plan begin defining requirements for Type 2 Bidirectional EVSE for the EMEA market ISO 15118 VDE anti-islanding protection requirements Eichrecht metering etc.

3. **External Representation & Utility Partnerships**

1. **Utility Interface**: Interface with Policy Grid and Energy Services team; serve as Fords technical representative with utilities to establish adoption of bidirectional charging interconnection.

2. **Policy & Forums**: Consult on relevant policy proceedings and represent Ford in industry forums and conferences related to V2G and Home Energy Management Systems (including technical working groups industry forums Distributech CES and others) to further establish Ford as a thought leader in this space.

3. **ChargeScape & Business Models**: Consult on integration strategy with ChargeScape. Support in establishing clearly defined business models with recurring revenue. Drive strategy for a vendor-agnostic API (not limited to OVGIP/ChargeScape).

4. **Industry Working Groups & Standardization**

1. **Active Participation**: Participate in industry working groups such as:

1. CA Rule 21 V2G AC proceedings

2. J3072/x cooperative research projects with national labs

3. Future revisions of UL1741SC J3072 and IEEE 1547-2018

4. Forums on grid inverter integration to ensure UL1741SC is adopted with utilities

2. **Technical Comments**: Provide comments on relevant UL1741 (bidirectional EV) and UL9741 CRD proposals.

3. **Grid Integration Flow**: Integrate the EPRI Common File Format to streamline grid code installer setup flow.

4. **Research & Advocacy**: Influence utility interconnection procedures to integrate V2G. Potentially work with research industry partners (e.g. EPRI) to write a whitepaper.

5. **Knowledge Transfer**: Cascade emergent requirements from the above to development teams to proactively get ahead of incoming standards and regulations related to V2X.

5. **Internal Collaboration & Validation**

1. **End-to-End Validation**: Collaborate with the Features team to ensure end-to-end validation and test cases are captured for both V2H and V2G for a successful UEV launch.

2. **Platform Alignment**: Align requirements with current and future vehicle platforms for overall V2X company success.

Youll have...

• - B.S. in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• - 5 years in regulatory certification standards compliance or product compliance engineering for electrical/electromechanical products automotive grid-connected power electronics or energy systems preferred.
• - Direct experience leading or supporting NRTL certification testing (e.g. UL) and managing corrective action / non-compliance findings against a launch timeline.
• - Working knowledge of bidirectional charging / V2G-V2H standards (UL1741 family SAE J3072 IEEE 1547 ISO 15118) and the ability to translate them into product requirements.
• - Experience engaging directly with utilities regulators or standards bodies on interconnection certification or grid-code requirements.
• - Experience participating in or contributing to industry standards development technical committee participation comment/response submissions or working group representation.
• - Ability to author or review compliance-facing technical documentation (installation/operation manuals certification submissions standards comments).
• - Strong systems engineering fundamentals requirements decomposition and traceability applied to a compliance and certification context rather than pure hardware/software design.
• - Ability to represent Fords technical and policy position to external stakeholders (utilities standards bodies suppliers regulators) and to influence internal engineering teams to meet emerging regulatory requirements.
• - Comfort operating in ambiguity across policy regulatory and engineering domains tracking multiple concurrent certification and standards efforts.

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $132800-$250800.
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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