Principal Product Safety Engineer

🔥 13 hours ago

🚗 Michigan – Remote

🚗 Michigan – Remote

💵 $141.7k - $268.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Ford Motor Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1903

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-08

Logistics • Consulting • Marketing

Ford Motor Company is a globally renowned automotive company based in the United States, established by Henry Ford. The company is committed to building a better world where every individual has the freedom to move and follow their dreams. Ford is dedicated to innovation, with a focus on services, experiences, and software alongside its traditional vehicle manufacturing. The company is actively involved in sustainability initiatives and aims to meet ambitious environmental targets. Ford values service, community impact, and strives to combine business success with social and environmental responsibility. With a rich history of over 121 years, Ford continues to adapt and lead in the evolving automotive landscape.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve BESS-specific safety procedures, work instructions, and technical safety documentation • Own and support lockout/tagout procedures for electrical, mechanical, stored-energy, and auxiliary-energy isolation • Develop safe work practices for commissioning, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, component replacement, and other field-service activities • Develop procedures and guidance for battery thermal events, thermal runaway, smoke, fire, off-gassing, abnormal temperatures, and other battery-related hazards • Develop and maintain Emergency Response Plans and product-specific emergency response procedures for BESS sites • Provide technical safety guidance during battery-system emergencies to field teams, customers, first responders, and internal stakeholders • Develop electrical safety procedures covering high voltage, arc-flash hazards, grounding, stored energy, absence-of-voltage verification, and safe approach boundaries • Support job hazard analyses, job safety analyses, pre-task planning, and risk assessments • Review field procedures and service instructions for incorporated safety requirements • Develop and deliver safety training and qualification requirements for commissioning personnel, technicians, contractors, and other BESS personnel • Provide technical safety support during commissioning, energization, troubleshooting, maintenance, and major repairs • Conduct field observations and site safety assessments • Investigate safety incidents, near misses, thermal events, electrical events, and unexpected product behavior • Support root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions • Partner with Engineering, Product, EHS, Service, Quality, Operations, customers, and site operators on product and field safety • Improve product design, serviceability, labeling, guarding, interlocks, isolation points, and technician safety • Incorporate field lessons learned into procedures, training, documentation, and future product designs • Support warning labels, safety manuals, service manuals, commissioning documentation, and technical bulletins • Represent Ford Energy in standards organizations and lead certification, testing, and compliance activities • Maintain current safety documentation as products, configurations, and field practices change

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of experience with a BS or 10+ years with an MS in electrical safety, field safety, product safety, industrial safety, engineering, field service, commissioning, or a related technical discipline • Experience supporting high-voltage electrical equipment, energy storage, renewable energy, power generation, utilities, industrial equipment, or similar infrastructure • Strong working knowledge of lockout/tagout and hazardous-energy control • Expert knowledge of safety codes, standards, and regulations applicable to electrical equipment and energy storage, including UL product certifications, NFPA standards, and OSHA requirements • Experience developing technical safety procedures, work instructions, JSAs/JHAs, risk assessments, or similar documentation • Experience supporting technicians or field personnel performing complex electrical or mechanical work • Ability to understand electrical drawings, system architecture, equipment manuals, and technical service procedures • Experience investigating incidents, near misses, or equipment failures and translating lessons learned into corrective actions • Strong technical writing and training skills • Ability to communicate effectively with technicians, engineers, customers, contractors, management, and emergency-response personnel • Ability to travel to BESS sites as required, up to 50% • Visa sponsorship is not available • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States • Preferred: direct experience with utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems • Preferred: experience with lithium-ion batteries and battery thermal-event hazards • Preferred: experience with BESS commissioning, field service, operations, or maintenance • Preferred: experience developing or executing emergency-response procedures for battery or high-voltage equipment • Preferred: experience working with fire departments, emergency responders, utilities, or Authorities Having Jurisdiction • Preferred: familiarity with electrical safety, fire protection, battery energy storage, and occupational safety standards applicable to utility-scale BESS • Preferred: familiarity with UL 9540, UL 9540A, UL 1973, NFPA 855, NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, and related certification, testing, or compliance activities • Preferred: active participation in standards development organizations or technical committees such as UL, NFPA, or IEEE • Preferred: CSP, CHST, ASP, electrical safety, NFPA, OSHA, or similar professional safety training or certifications • Preferred: engineering or technical degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, safety engineering, fire protection, occupational safety, or a related discipline

🏖️ Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage • Paid parental leave • New parent ramp-up programs • Subsidized back-up child care • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members • Management leases • Tuition assistance • Established and active employee resource groups • Paid time off for individual and team community service • Generous vacation time • Sick/personal time • Paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day • Performance-based bonuses • Competitive compensation package

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