Senior/Principal Motor Control Engineer
Diamond FoundryBay Area, California
TEMPORARY
Posted February 7, 2024
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Job Description
The Senior Principal Motor Control Engineer will develop high-performance control algorithms and models for electric systems such as motor-generators, power inverters, and energy storage, collaborating with hardware and mechanical teams to design, test, and improve system-level behaviors in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop high-performance control algorithms for electric systems including motor-generators, power inverters, and energy storage.
- Create, maintain, and utilize simulation and embeddable models of electric systems for performance evaluation.
- Derive and validate high-integrity plant and control models through simulation and testing.
- Auto-code from control simulations, hand-code, and develop hardware abstraction layers.
- Lead and support multiple projects related to advanced control power products and next-generation power applications.
- Participate in the architecture, design, and implementation of motor control systems and power solutions.
- Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, and integration teams to design, develop, test, and improve system-level behaviors.
Requirements
- Develop high-performance control algorithms for electric systems, including motor-generators, power inverters, and energy storage.
- Create, maintain, and effectively use simulation and embeddable models of electric systems for performance evaluation.
- Derive high-integrity plant and control models and validate these through simulation and testing.
- Perform auto-coding from derived control simulations, hand-coding, and coding of the hardware abstraction layer.
- Support and lead multiple simultaneous projects related to advanced control power products and implement next-generation power application solutions.
- Participate in the architecture, design, and implementation of motor control systems and power solutions.
- Work closely with hardware, mechanical, and integration teams to design, develop, test, and improve system-level behaviors.
- Possess strong team membership skills and the ability to lead and support projects in a fast-moving environment.
- Meet physical requirements including sitting, standing for long periods, walking, grasping, reaching with hands and arms, lifting below and above shoulders, bending, twisting at the waist, climbing, balancing, stooping, squatting, kneeling, crawling, talking, hearing, seeing, using fine finger manipulation, and completing repetitive motions.
- Be able to use ladders or stairs as required for tasks.
- Possess the ability to drive or use foot controls as needed.
- Lift, carry, and push/pull up to 50 pounds safely.
- Have at least a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, or a related field (implied by the technical nature of the role).
Benefits & Perks
Health insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Retirement savings plans
Life and disability insurance programs
Paid and unpaid time off
Employee discounts to VRAI
Benefits begin as early as the first day of employment
Medical and vision coverage are retroactive to the start date
Dental and voluntary benefits take effect after enrollment
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