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Electric Motor Design Engineer

NextDeavor

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$62.50-76.92 /h
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Kalamazoo, MI
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Job Description

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Job Overview:

### Benefits You'll Love

- Competitive base salary range: $130,000 - $160,000/year

- Bonus target: 15%

- Relocation assistance provided

- Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

- Voluntary optional life and accident insurance

- Hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance

- 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay

- Company-provided defined-contribution retirement contribution equal to 3% of pay

- Paid parental leave

- Short-term and long-term disability programs

- Adoption assistance

- Care.com membership and financial planning assistance

- Supplemental programs available (identity protection, legal protection, pet wellness)

- Paid Time Off and up to 15 company-paid holidays

- Employee discounts and an employee referral program (up to $4,000)

- On-site 24-hour fitness center and on-site cafeteria

### Become a Key Player as an Electric Motor Design Engineer

You will lead electromagnetic design efforts for AC and DC motor products, driving design-for-manufacturability and project execution that meet cost, schedule, and performance goals. You will work onsite with cross-functional engineering teams, vendors, and customers to deliver new and improved motor and gear solutions. Your work directly impacts product verification, manufacturing readiness, and customer program success.

### Here's How You'll Make an Impact on the Team

- Define project goals, specifications, schedules, and resource plans for motor and gear design projects

- Lead detailed electromagnetic and mechanical design activities, including layouts, schematics, and CAD models

- Develop and verify product performance through analysis, simulation, and testing plans

- Integrate gear design and manufacturing requirements to optimize designs for production and assembly

- Prepare and maintain engineering project documentation, history files, and status reports/milestones

- Coordinate with tooling vendors to develop fixtures and tooling for new products

- Apply continuous improvement methodologies to design and process engineering initiatives

- Mentor and train less-experienced engineers; provide technical leadership on program teams

### Here's What You'll Need to Be Successful in This Role

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or a related technical discipline

- Typically 10 or more years of related engineering experience

- Extensive experience in gear design and manufacturing

- Strong knowledge of design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-assembly (DFA) principles

- Proven ability to lead complex engineering projects and manage schedules, costs, and technical risks

- Experience with solid-model CAD; familiarity with FEA and simulation tools is preferred

- Ability to design verification plans and interpret test and analysis results

- Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting to management and customers

### Here's What Else Might Help You Out

- Experience with specialized simulation or analysis software relevant to electromagnetic motor design

- Prior experience working on cross-functional aerospace or industrial product programs

### Pay Range

$130,000 - $160,000/year

### Ready to Make Your Mark?

This role may fill quickly. Submit your resume to be considered.