Power Electronics Design Engineer · Ford Motor Company

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:11:15 GMT
Engineering

Ford Motor Company · Palo Alto · $115,800-$226,980 · hybrid

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's 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.

In this position, the Power Electronics Design Engineer will own complex drive unit inverter sub-components from concept through production, including development of related assembly and manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for driving the development of parts and processes with substantial impact on vehicle-level cost and performance.

Responsibilities:

Own inverter mechanical parts from concept through production including part design and release.

Develop manufacturing processes including running DOEs and executing process validation.

Design and execute physical tests in a lab environment, including designing fixtures / test equipment.

Plan, coordinate, and execute test campaigns for design verification of inverter sub-components and the inverter system.

Optimize costs from design to manufacturing and create robust designs for automotive application.

Own mechanical parts for inverters, driving optimization for durability, efficiency, and performance.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.

Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility.

Mechanical Engineering or similar degree.

Strong CAD skills (Catia / 3DX preferred).

Hands-on experience building and testing hardware in a prototype / lab environment (strong workshop skills preferred).

Even better, you may have:

5+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred)

Passionate and curious about deep technical problems and driven to deliver engineering excellence.

Experience releasing prototype and production parts including drafting, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM.

Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in-house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.

Experience using finite element methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.

Experience designing and executing durability and design verification campaigns.

Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and/or automotive systems.

Experience designing parts, fixtures, and tools for prototype manufacturing processes including CNC milling / turning / EDM, 3D printing, press-brake sheet metal, and low volume tooled processes.

Experience designing parts for high volume manufacturing processes including casting, forging, stamping, extruding, injection molding, overmolding, and machining.

Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.

Strong written and verbal communication / presentation / story-telling skills.

Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills.

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.