Sr. Electronics Engineer - Aerospace Motors

About the role

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.

All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.

Job Summary

The sky is no longer the limit as Nidec takes its technology off the ground and into the Aerospace market. As a Mechanical Design Engineer with the Nidec Aerospace team, you will have the opportunity to apply and develop your expertise to design electric propulsion systems for the battery-powered aircraft that will enable the world to sustainably and efficiently get from point A to point B.

Nidec is the world’s leading electric motor manufacturer and a true pioneer in electrification across a wide array of industries since its foundation in 1973, ranging from appliance, energy infrastructure, to ground transportation. Nidec Aerospace is a newly created Joint Venture between Nidec and Embraer which intends to take a leading role in the Electrification of Aircrafts. We are well-positioned and excited to support the aerospace industry in its ambitious transition to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The ideal candidate will embody Nidec’s key pillars of Passion, Enthusiasm, and Tenacity with their passion to learn, enthusiasm to exceed market expectations, and tenacity to solve complex technical issues. From ideation to production, you will work with a diverse and experienced team of design engineers to support aerospace industry leaders and spearhead technological advances in transport decarbonization.

About the role

,Responsibilities include:

• Lead the design of Complex Electronic Control Hardware including Processors, FPGAs and other devices to achieve high performhigh-performanceance motor control capabilities.
• Capture of HW requirements to fulfill equipment and system specificathardwarehigh-speed,ion.
• Design of electronic circuits for aerospace applications based on HW requirements.
• Selection of electronic devices.
• Capture of electronic schematics and design of PCB layouts.
• Simulation and validation of electronic circuits design.
• Management of PCBs BOM (bill of material) and support of devices procurement.
• Support circuit board assemblies prototyping.
• Perform prototypes commissioning.
• Use of ARP4754A, DO254 and other aerospace standards for the development of circuit boards assembly (CBA).
• Support the system engineering and equipment engineering in the system/equipment architecture definitions.
• Work with the equipment team, software team and other hardware engineers during the design and integration of the circuits into the equipment.
• Run tests for formal verification of electronic hardware.
• Perform reliability analysis for the designed hardware.
• Write analysis reports and test reports.
• Manage problem reports.
• Perform root cause analysis and design changes.

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Experience on Board designs with Processors, DSPs and/or Programmable Devices (FPGAs, PLDs)
• Experience designing Hardware for high speed and high-performance data acquisition and signal processing
• Expertise in Hardware solutions for digital communication such A429, RS-485, CAN, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc.
• Expertise in Fault Tolerant designs (DAL A or ASIL D designs) – Redundancy, Monitoring, Protection strategies.
• Experience with motor control drivers and control methods
• Experience with requirements-based development and phase-gate processes.
• Experience in design of electronic circuits using Altium
• Experience in design of circuit boards.
• Experience in capture of HW requirements and requirements validation.
• Experience in verification of electronic hardware.
• Experience in reliability analysis of electronic circuits.
• Willingness to work with, and travel to, domestic and international design and manufacturing locations when necessary.
• Manages complexity and ambiguity
• Communicates effectively
• Collaborates and builds networks
• Plans and organizes
• Attention to detail
• Cultivates Innovation
• Balances stakeholders
• Being resilient
• Customer focus

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities (proficiency levels aligned to job level)

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s or PhD’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering - 15+ years of experience in electronic circuits design
• Experience in electronic equipment development for automotive, aerospace or equivalent high criticality industrial applications (nuclear, railway, etc.)
• Experience with Altium, Spice

Preferred

• Experience in development of fault-tolerant electronic control boards for aerospace.
• Experience with ARP4754A and DO-254 process.
• Experience in design of motor drivers (inverters) and high voltage equipment.
• Experience MATLAB, Simulink
• Additional Job Details
• Technical – T5
• Organizational Impact
• Implements strategic goals for the business unit, as determined by executive leadership, with significant impact on the department and/or job family
• Expert technical contributor
• Establishes operational plans for job area with short-to mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-3 years); works independently on own or others’ complex projects/assignments and typically is responsible for entire projects or processes that span outside of own team
• Develops and provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards and/or operational plans that will have major impact on the achievement of overall results
• Is seen as a subject matter expert within the role’s respective field

Communication & Influence

• Communicates with parties within and outside of own department and/or job family, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the organization, which may include customers or vendors
• Works to influence others to accept business unit’s and/or job family group’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
• Requires ability to communicate with senior leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization
• May conduct briefings with executive leaders within the business unit and/or job family group

Innovation & Complexity

• Responsible for improving upon existing technical/business processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation
• Problems and issues faced are numerous, typically undefined where information is difficult to obtain
• Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems
• Problems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across business units and/or job family groups

Leadership & Talent Management

• Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees across the organization within area of expertise
• Typically responsible for managing large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams
• May have direct reports, but generally fewer than three

Knowledge & Experience

• Requires mastery level technical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Seen as expert for job area and typically has deep knowledge within multiple technical disciplines
• Applies knowledge of technical advances from a variety of industries and specializations to impact the broader business
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience
• Master’s degree or specialized degree may also be required