Technical Writer/Documentation Engineer, Ford Energy in , United States

Ford Energy Technical Documentation Engineer

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 of the American grid.
In this position, the Technical Documentation Engineer owns the creation, control, and governance of technical quality documentation across the Ford Energy Quality organization. Rigorous documentation is the backbone of audit-readiness, certification maintenance, and organizational knowledge retention — this role ensures that DFMEA/PFMEA records, test reports, RCA documentation, and quality process standards are consistent, traceable, current, and instantly retrievable when needed for an audit, certification review, or internal investigation.
Responsibilities

What you'll do...
Documentation Standards & Governance

Develop and maintain technical documentation standards and templates for quality processes, test reports, and engineering records.
Establish document numbering, classification, and metadata conventions to ensure consistency across the organization.
Partner with engineering and quality teams to standardize templates for DFMEA/PFMEA, test reports, and RCA records and ensure alignment between all documents.

Document Control & Change Management

Manage document control processes, including revision history, approval workflows, and archival, in coordination with the PLM Engineer.
Administer document review and approval cycles, ensuring appropriate stakeholder sign-off before release.
Maintain obsolescence/retirement processes for superseded documentation.

Qualifications

You'll have...
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technical Writing, or related field.
5+ years of experience with document control systems and technical writing in a regulated engineering environment.
Strong attention to detail and process discipline.
Even better, you may have...
Experience with document control in a certified quality management system (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similar).
Familiarity with PLM-integrated document control workflows.
Experience supporting external audits (customer, regulatory, or certification body) in a documentation-lead capacity.
Document control software (SharePoint, MasterControl, Windchill DCM)
PLM system integration
MS Office/technical writing tools
Physical Demands & Working Conditions

This role is primarily performed in an office, laboratory, manufacturing, or supplier environment, depending on program needs.
Occasional work in high-voltage or industrial environments may be required, with appropriate training and personal protective equipment (PPE).
Ability and willingness to travel occasionally to support testing, supplier, manufacturing, or customer activities.

Location & Travel

This position is based in Dearborn, Michigan.
Travel may be required to support supplier, manufacturing, laboratory, and customer activities.