Forward Deployed Engineer, Ford Energy
Ford Motor Company
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- Location
- Dearborn, MI
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 4
- 1 day ago
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About the company
Ford Motor Company
Automotive · 10,001+ employees
Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.
What you need
- Technical Depth: 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a strong background in hands-on development, systems architecture, and integrating production systems. Comfortable wearing multiple hats (application engineering, cloud infrastructure, and production delivery automation) rather than specializing in only one layer. Experience spanning both greenfield development and enterprise platform integrations is highly valued.
- Bias for Deployed Outcomes: A track record of taking ambiguous, high-stakes problems from first conversation to working software in production and comfortable being judged on outcomes delivered, not just code written. Prior forward-deployed, field engineering, solutions engineering, or startup founding-engineer experience is a strong plus.
- AI & Velocity Mindset: Demonstrated experience with AI/ML in production or applied business contexts, combined with a strong practice of using generative AI tools to accelerate development velocity across the SDLC. Focused on building smart, automated systems that solve business problems, not just traditional static software.
- Modern Stack Experience: Experience with Go, Python, TypeScript, API design, GCP, and modern cloud architectures. Experience with infrastructure-as-code, cloud environments, and delivery automation is expected. Experience with MQTT, IoT, edge computing, manufacturing technologies, and enterprise platform integrations (ERP, CRM, MES) is highly valued. Familiarity with AI engineering frameworks and intelligent automation patterns is a plus.
- Adaptability: Ability to navigate ambiguous, fast-changing environments and deliver simple, secure solutions under tight timelines.
- Communication: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to partner effectively across diverse technical and business teams as an individual contributor.
- High Autonomy, High Accountability: Comfortable operating with minimal process and significant latitude and comfortable owning the consequences of what you ship. Thrives without a fully-built playbook and builds the playbook as you go.
- 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.
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Perks
- performance-based bonuses
- Ford vehicle discounts
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Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.
At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands. Learn more at https://fordenergy.com.