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Ford Motor Company · 2 days ago

Senior Powertrain Thermal System Modeling Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

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Responsibilities

Lead the development of a parametric, integrated drivetrain (motor/inverter/gearbox) thermal system simulation model for use within a larger drivetrain optimization tool

Develop and automate the creation of motor and inverter thermal state space models using a combination of model order reduction from finite-element simulations, analytical calculations, and experimental results

Collaborate with component leads to model effective heat transfer coefficients from CFD simulations and experiments

Combine numerical and physical test data to correlate and improve motor and inverter thermal models using various data fitting and optimization techniques

Perform and analyze large scale drive cycle simulations to identify requirements that are actively constraining thermal system design and suggest changes that improve performance and reduce cost while meeting system level requirements

Develop and automate methods for transforming detailed powertrain thermal models into simplified models suitable for integration within a larger vehicle thermal system model

Collaborate with the drivetrain and vehicle level thermal teams to define thermal control strategies that minimize cost and total power consumption at the drivetrain and vehicle level

Maintain documentation and write unit tests to guarantee correct functionality of custom software tools

Qualification

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Linear SystemsNumerical MethodsSoftware DevelopmentMATLABPythonJuliaC++Model Order ReductionSystem IdentificationHeat Transfer CorrelationsThermal ResistanceMass CalculationsThermal Network ModelsTest ProceduresHeat Exchanger ModelsMachine LearningOptimization TechniquesLeast SquaresLASSOModel SelectionFinite-Element ToolsConductive Heat TransferConvective Heat TransferConjugate Heat TransferThermal MeasurementInstrumentation TechniquesHigh-DimensionalMulti-Objective Optimization Algorithms

Required

B.S. or M.S. degree in mechanical/aerospace/thermal engineering, control systems, or mathematics

Strong linear systems and numerical methods background

Experience with software development in MATLAB or a similar technical computing language (Python, Julia, C++)

Experience with model order reduction and system identification techniques applied to large and data sets

Experience using heat transfer correlations and thermal resistance/mass calculations to derive thermal network models of systems with heterogeneous material properties

Experience defining test procedures to correlate, validate, and improve heat exchanger models

Preferred

M.S or PhD in mechanical/aerospace/thermal engineering, control systems, or mathematics

Experience with object-oriented software development in MATLAB or a similar technical computing language (Python, Julia, C++)

Experience using numerical methods, machine learning, and optimization techniques (least squares, LASSO, etc.) to perform model selection and identification

Familiarity using finite-element tools to run conductive, convective, and conjugate heat transfer simulations

Familiarity with thermal measurement and instrumentation techniques

Familiarity with high-dimensional multi-objective optimization algorithms

Benefits

Generous PTO

Retirement plans

Savings and stock investment plans

Incentive compensation

Professional and personal growth opportunities

Company

Ford Motor Company

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