Engineering complex electrified propulsion systems in today’s competitive market requires sophisticated model-based development methodologies that can help deliver optimized products quickly and efficiently. There is a critical need to explore and identify high leverage system opportunities for improving customer  experience and value of our electrified vehicle products. Candidates for consideration will focus on developing & advancing state-of-the-art simulation models and computational frameworks for Electrified and Connected Vehicles in a research environment. The engineer will work with a variety of Ford teams to build and integrate plant and control models into advanced SIL simulations; conduct desktop simulations for software build and test; correlate operation with prototype hardware; analyze operation of the simulated full vehicle system  to identify high leverage opportunities for Ford customers; increase simulation efficiency & throughput by employing software automation & high-performance computing; and perform other relevant tasks as required.