Motivo Engineering
Senior Electrical Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Rancho Dominguez, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Six plus years of professional engineering experience
- Direct technical involvement on multiple prior electro-mechanical projects with embedded electronics, resulting in a deep understanding of motion/control systems theory and physics
- Exceptional communication skills; able to present results and recommendations to internal and external customers
- Strong ability to mentor less experienced colleagues
- Desired work split: ~80% hands-on engineering and ~20% mentoring/similar
- Design experience with motors, motor controllers, power supplies, inverters/converters, and/or power electronics
- Prior professional experience with embedded electronics design containing microcontrollers, DSPs, programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD), memory, high-speed signaling, MEMS sensors, etc
- Strong ability to handle concurrent fast-paced projects with minimal direction
- Development and editing of top-level system architectures
- Experience with a plethora of different sensor types and technologies
- Programming experience, especially with embedded C, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and/or Matlab Simulink Coder (formerly Real-Time Workshop)
- Familiarity with communication protocols like Controller Area Network (CAN), USB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc
- Electrical test and debug with industry standard tools (oscilloscope, in-circuit debug, digital multimeter, etc)
- Custom PCB design experience from schematic entry and board layout through fabrication, assembly, and test
- Familiarity and experience with high-performance vehicles (electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric, race vehicles, Solar Car, Formula SAE, etc), including the design process and components
- Experience in design and fabrication for automotive environments (extreme temperature, shock, vibration, etc)
- Generate technical drawings of systems, components, and interfaces
- Experience with various battery chemistries and related battery management systems
- Experience with R&D, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), venture capital (VC), or similarly funded projects and work effort
Full description
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Qualifications
The ideal candidate will exhibit most of the following:
- Six plus years of professional engineering experience
- Direct technical involvement on multiple prior electro-mechanical projects with embedded electronics, resulting in a deep understanding of motion/control systems theory and physics
- Exceptional communication skills; able to present results and recommendations to internal and external customers
- Strong ability to mentor less experienced colleagues
- Desired work split: ~80% hands-on engineering and ~20% mentoring/similar
- Design experience with motors, motor controllers, power supplies, inverters/converters, and/or power electronics
- Prior professional experience with embedded electronics design containing microcontrollers, DSPs, programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD), memory, high-speed signaling, MEMS sensors, etc
- Strong ability to handle concurrent fast-paced projects with minimal direction
- Development and editing of top-level system architectures
- Experience with a plethora of different sensor types and technologies
- Programming experience, especially with embedded C, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and/or Matlab Simulink Coder (formerly Real-Time Workshop)
- Familiarity with communication protocols like Controller Area Network (CAN), USB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc
- Electrical test and debug with industry standard tools (oscilloscope, in-circuit debug, digital multimeter, etc)
- Custom PCB design experience from schematic entry and board layout through fabrication, assembly, and test
- Familiarity and experience with high-performance vehicles (electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric, race vehicles, Solar Car, Formula SAE, etc), including the design process and components
- Experience in design and fabrication for automotive environments (extreme temperature, shock, vibration, etc)
- Generate technical drawings of systems, components, and interfaces
- Experience with various battery chemistries and related battery management systems
- Experience with R&D, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), venture capital (VC), or similarly funded projects and work effort
Benefits
We’re convinced that the team and the projects are hands-down the best part of working at Motivo. To support that, we offer a solid benefits package including high-quality insurance, a 401(k) match, generous vacation time, and our Monday–Thursday 4/10 work week. We offer profit-sharing bonuses, which are tied to overall company performance, because we believe in winning together; we’re transparent about the company’s numbers, and when our hard work drives financial success, employees may share in the upside.