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Cell DV/PV Testing Engineer, Ford Energy

Dearborn, MI, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-12

Core

Execute design verification (DV) and process verification (PV) testing on battery cells for grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), focusing on performance and life characterization.

Role type

Cell DV/PV Testing Engineer

Builds

Grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Domain

Energy storage / Battery technology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Battery cell testing, DV/PV test plan execution, root-cause analysis, teardown analysis, data acquisition, supplier test tracking, failure diagnostics, next-generation chemistry evaluation

Preferred skills

Experience with lithium-ion or sodium-ion cells, familiarity with LFP/sodium-ion chemistries, knowledge of 8D/fishbone/5-Why methods

Technologies

Battery cyclers, environmental/thermal chambers, data acquisition systems, SEM, XRD, CT scan, Excel, MATLAB, Python

Responsibilities

Execute DV and PV test plans on internally sourced battery cells; operate cell test equipment to generate performance and life data; track and analyze supplier-generated test results; diagnose cell-level failures and perform teardown analysis; support production teams during PV builds; evaluate next-generation cell chemistries for BESS applications.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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