Adhesive Technical Specialist

The Battery Manufacturing Engineering team is opening new highways with our next-generation propulsion systems. We're investing over $50 billion to build some of the most technologically advanced EV manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and E.U. to produce the next generation of Ford electric vehicles. State-of-the-art technologies and processes for battery cells, arrays, and packs are core to our competitive strategy and will provide endless opportunities to innovate and grow -- all while helping the environment. Ford is looking for an exceptional Manufacturing Engineer to lead the development of potting and dispense processes for our battery packs. In this position... You'll lead the development of innovative adhesive solutions for our high voltage battery packs. In this role you will drive technological advancement in this discipline as part of a small, specialized team. You'll investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new products to reduce the cost and improve performance and own the process from early prototype builds through full volume production and provide potting and dispense design for manufacturability (DFM) input to our product design team" What You'll Do... * This is a hands-on role to actively develop state of the art dispensing technologies. * Investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new high voltage battery products * Downselect dispense equipment technologies to meet quality and cycle time targets. * Prove out new quality inspection and validation methods to ensure each dispense meets our requirements. You will ensure volume, bead, location, and ratios are all within specification. * Run design on experiments to optimize dispense paths and flow rates to get the most volume in the least amount of time. * Provide potting and dispense Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input to our product design team * Validate and optimize processes from early prototype builds through full volume production * Drive proof-of-concept to green light new and novel materials, manufacturing methods, technologies, and suppliers * Evolve the potting and dispense knowledge base through standards and benchmarking In this position... You'll lead the development of innovative adhesive solutions for our high voltage battery packs. In this role you will drive technological advancement in this discipline as part of a small, specialized team. You'll investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new products to reduce the cost and improve performance and own the process from early prototype builds through full volume production and provide potting and dispense design for manufacturability (DFM) input to our product design team" What You'll Do... * This is a hands-on role to actively develop state of the art dispensing technologies. * Investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new high voltage battery products * Downselect dispense equipment technologies to meet quality and cycle time targets. * Prove out new quality inspection and validation methods to ensure each dispense meets our requirements. You will ensure volume, bead, location, and ratios are all within specification. * Run design on experiments to optimize dispense paths and flow rates to get the most volume in the least amount of time. * Provide potting and dispense Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input to our product design team * Validate and optimize processes from early prototype builds through full volume production * Drive proof-of-concept to green light new and novel materials, manufacturing methods, technologies, and suppliers * Evolve the potting and dispense knowledge base through standards and benchmarking

Created: 2025-02-16