In this position...
Ford’s Ion Park organization is seeking a skilled, motivated individual to join our team as a Battery Technologist.
You will work actively in a laboratory/pilot line setting on a diverse, multi-functional team producing development-level battery cells to progress our Battery technology that will be deployed in our next generation electrified vehicles. This will be a very hands-on opportunity with most time spent out at the Pilot Line working with the manufacturing equipment.
What you'll do...
Work collaboratively in a prototype lab with scientists and engineers to make battery cells from raw materials.
Operate state-of-the-art production-level battery cell manufacturing equipment through all stages of cell manufacturing – Hands-On
Ensure inventory in-place to conduct development builds
Conduct quality inspections on parts you’ve just produced
Collaborate with the quality team to ensure full suite of quality checks are conducted and learnings are fed back to cell build team.
Drive continuous improvement of operations and process
Support establishment of procedures and documentation of lessons learned
This role is 100% on-site only
You'll have...
High school diploma or higher education
Must be available to work 100% onsite.
Hands-on experience in Production or Prototype manufacturing environment
Motivated self-starter and creative problem solver
Ability to effectively collaborate & communicate
Ability to efficiently utilize Microsoft Office tools
Even better, you will have...
Experience in Lithium Ion Battery or Electric Vehicle development
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.
This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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