Electromagnetic Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Nidec Motion and Drives is a business unit within Nidec Motor Company specializing in the design and manufacturing of standard and custom brushless DC motors, AC and DC servo motors, frameless motors, and brushed PMDC motors, to name a few. Our customer-centric approach is to serve as a development partner, providing innovative solutions for some of the world's most challenging and demanding motor, gearmotor and drive applications. Our motors and drives are used in industries such as Warehouse Automation, Industrial Automation, Automated Storage Retrieval Systems, Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), and Collaborative Robots. Additionally, the green energy movement has led to innovations in Electrification specific to electric motor drive systems. We’re experiencing unprecedented demand for our battery-driven motor technologies in electrification conversions in applications including Aerial Work Platforms, Floor Cleaning, Golf & Utility Carts and Large Traction Buses and Trucks.
We offer personalized service with dedicated project teams that lead and collaborate from concept to design, and from rapid prototyping to production. These teams focus on delivering the right mechanical package for the application, either by leveraging diverse standard platforms or providing a customized solution. Backed by the global network of Nidec expertise and experience, the result is a quality product that meets customer requirements on time and at the right price. We work to earn and keep our customer trust in our products and service.
Not only are we committed to excellence in the customer journey, we are laser-focused on the people who make that happen – our employees. We are who we are because of our talented people and our strong leadership. Growing and developing talent is what we do best because it’s what makes us successful in the long run. Joining our team of talent will position your career for growth in the smartest technologies in electrification and robotics.

Job Description

The Motion Control engineering group is looking for an individual skilled in electromagnetic motor design and theory. This person will work under the direction of established electromagnetic engineers in motor design, motor building, motor theory, etc.

This person will generate motor designs, oversee sample construction, and validate designs using lab test equipment. This is a full-time position based in St. Louis, MO.

Duties:

• Use experience with Electromagnetic design concepts and permanent magnet motor design, apply theoretical and practical skills in electromagnetic motor design and development for precision motor brushless DC motor drive systems.
• Generate electromagnetic motor designs to design and/or customer specifications utilizing MotorCAD, Ansys Maxwell, Atlair Flux, SPEED and/or JMAG software. Conduct independent motor design analysis through computer analysis and prepare reports on results.
• Apply knowledge of power electronics and how they interact with motors to integrate power electronics with electric motor design.
• Develop, maintain, and upgrade tests for design verification and validation for electro-mechanical product.
• Use design experience and specifying advanced motor test equipment, design and specify advanced motor test equipment and perform design verification activities.
• Interact with external customers for work related projects and translate customer requirements and electromagnetic principles to product design.
• Complete rigorous documentation, including design specifications, verification test plans, and change orders associated with design changes. Utilize MS Excel and MS Word to summarize data and issue reports on design work.
• Communicate with peers and supervisors including documentation of work, meetings, and decisions.
• Interface with new product development project teams to transition products into production. 
• Provide guidance to outside contract personnel to support projects. Provide work direction, coaching, and guidance to technicians and/or co-ops.
• Support compliance to Regulatory Requirements including electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC), Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and RoHS standards. Participate in selection of vendors and fabrication sources to in accordance with quality and compliance to released specifications.
• Utilize knowledge of steady state and dynamic performance of electric machines in combination with power electronic converters to maximize the performance and cost of a drive system (motor and electronics) the designer must know the tradeoffs of performance between the motor and electronics so as to not penalize one or the other for cost or performance.
• Analyze data from designs of working prototypes interpreting data from digital data acquisition systems and signal processing equipment in order to make needed adjustments to improve performance or other attribute about the design.
• Properly select pole counts in motors for customers who have their own electronics and specify these commutation requirements which in turn dictate the motor pole/slot combinations that allow it to be compatible with the customer’s electronics using motor-drive commutation techniques.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of experience; or a Master’s degree or the foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering
• Experience with permanent magnet motor design
• Experience with induction motor design, switched reluctance design a plus
• Experience with the following electromagnetic design software preferred: MotorCAD, Ansys Maxwell, Atlair Flux, SPEED and/or JMAG
• Experience with other simulation software: Mathematica
• Knowledge of power electronics in how they interact with motors
• Strong theoretical and practical skills
• Ability to design and specify advanced motor test equipment/procedures preferred
• Good oral and written communication skills. Able to speak fluent English.
• Capable of interfacing with internal/external customers related to design work completed
• Ability to translate customer requirements and EM principles into product design
• Ability to summarize/analyze data, issue reports on design work completed
• Contribute to innovated designs and high performance functionality
• Desire to work in a team environment
• Ability to self-start and produce results
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and Word

Additional Job Details

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