Electromagnetic Design Technical Specialist
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Job Location:
Warren, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Description:
As an Electromagnetic Design Technical Specialist in Global Virtual Electrification (GVE) you will lead electromagnetic (EM) design and methods for electric traction motors across GMs electrified vehicle portfolio with a primary focus on advancing virtual development toolchains and reducing dependence on physical testing. You will provide technical expertise direction and guidance to crossfunctional electric drive teams throughout the product development process.
You will collaborate with a diverse team of specialists and provide technical leadership within a group of electromagnetic design engineers with a wide range of backgrounds and experience levels. Your main focus will be leading the development and deployment of tools and methods that assess new motor technologies optimize existing designs and enable faster higherquality decisionsbalancing creativity and autonomy with appropriate technical guidance oversight and mentorship.
Responsibilities:
- Lead execution of the electromagnetic toolchain roadmap and collaborate across GVE electric drive power electronics controls and thermal domains to ensure alignment on EM methods tools and standard work.
- Lead electric traction motor electromagnetic design and analysis tools development for batteryelectric and hybrid applications coordinating across domains to balance performance NVH thermal cost and manufacturability requirements while meeting program targets.
- Lead advanced electromagnetic loss modeling within existing framework & continue to drive development extending capability for topologies loss components materials accuracy and speed improvements.
- Develop scope and lead and support capability growth and virtualization projects to advance motor design optimization loss modeling and virtual test replacement capabilities.
- Support ATW Projects & production work as COE lead for electromagnetic analysis and design optimization tools & processes
- Support and review new motor EM designs efficiency maps and virtual test methods for advanced and production programs and support those projects throughout the development cycle including architecture studies and design tradeoffs.
- Mentor EM design engineers and support the technical growth of individuals; share knowledge and methods broadly across GVE electric drive and electrification teams.
- Advance the state of the art in electric motor and electric drive electromagnetic design by developing innovative optimization methods FEA and datadriven toolchains and multiphysics cosimulation workflows (EM/thermal/mechanical/NVH) and by contributing to EMrelated standard work.
- Drive cost size and efficiency optimization through advanced EM and systemlevel studies for both production and advanced technology programs.
- Collaborate closely with advanced production mechanical design materials manufacturing calibration controls development validation and systems engineering teams to support EM work motors that meet performance quality durability and cost objectives.
- Provide technical leadership on critical propulsion issues including virtual/physical correlation gaps EMrelated problemsolving system integration challenges and safetyrelevant EM topics.
- Maintain a strong understanding of current and emerging traction motor architectures EM toolchains and best practices across vehicle programs.
- Stay current on technology trends in electric machines electromagnetic materials optimization and AI/MLbased design across industry and academia; perform benchmarking and research to inform future motor EM design capability.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external technical experts including universities and research organizations to leverage emerging methods and data.
- Travel as required.
Required Qualifications:
- PhD in Engineering with a focus in electric machine design and/or controls or equivalent work experience.
- 10 years of relevant experience in electric traction motor design analysis or closely related domains.
- Extensive knowledge of advanced traction motor design and controls including internal permanentmagnet and induction machines.
- Strong grounding in electric machines and power electronics theory and their application to automotive traction systems.
- Deep experience with finiteelementbased electromagnetic design and analysis for traction motors with specific areas of experience in loss modeling including PWM driven loss modeling
- Experience in multidomain optimization (e.g. EM / thermal / mechanical / NVH / inverter) for traction motor design in production automotive applications.
- Proven experience correlating analytical / virtual motor performance results to test data and improving models and methods based on test feedback.
- Knowledge of position sensing (e.g. resolvers encoders) and integration into electric drive control systems.
- Strong understanding of electrified vehicle system architecture and propulsion system integration.
- Working knowledge of motor manufacturing processes and their implications for EM design and variability.
- High level of technical problemsolving skills and demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity on complex crossfunctional issues.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Extensive knowledge of electric motor design optimization methods including FEA and datadriven approaches.
- Familiarity with typical electric machine standards and test methods for automotive traction applications.
- Working knowledge of power electronics design controls and calibration in electric drive systems.
- Experience with vehicle or propulsion architecture development especially for electrified applications.
- Experience applying ML/AI or other datadriven methods to electric machine design analysis or toolchain development.
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