Senior Motor Engineers –Cordless New Product Development (NPD)

Milwaukee Tool•Brookfield, WI

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Senior Motor Engineers in Cordless New Product Development lead the design, prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting of motors for complex projects. They collaborate with local cross-functional teams, Global Motor Engineering, and Operations to plan and execute tests that verify motor performance and thermal limits against project requirements. The role includes hands-on power-tool experiments, simulations, data analysis, failure analysis, supplier collaboration, and design work for both new and existing motor solutions. The position supports the development and manufacturing processes needed to mass-produce power tools and may include managing project team members. Engineers develop motor designs and improvements, address sound, vibration, resonance, and thermal-management needs, apply drawing specifications and GD&T, and design and qualify solutions to applicable regulatory standards. The role also involves organizing and documenting technical meetings and presentations, using laboratory equipment, and 10% domestic and international travel.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related engineering field, or foreign equivalent, plus 2 years of relevant experience as a Mechanical Engineer or in an alternate related acceptable occupation; OR bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related engineering field, or foreign equivalent, plus 5 years of relevant experience as a Mechanical Engineer or in an alternate related acceptable occupation.
Academic experience must include CAD (NX, SolidWorks, or similar).
Academic experience must include finite element analysis.
Academic experience must include electromagnetic simulation.
Academic experience must include theory of brushless DC motors.
Academic experience must include solenoid design and theory.
Academic experience must include brushed PMDC, universal, induction, or switched reluctance motors and theory.
Academic experience must include motor controls, battery technology, vibration, and sound analysis.
Academic experience must include motor assembly and motor component design/manufacturing, including driving cost and durability.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting of motors for high-complexity projects.
Collaborate with local cross-functional teams, Global Motor Engineering, and Operations to create and execute test plans verifying motor performance and thermal limits.
Lead test regimens for components and assemblies to support design verification and evaluation of failure modes.
Conduct hands-on power-tool experiments and simulations, and analyze data to draw clear conclusions.
Perform root-cause failure analysis of motor test failures.
Develop supplier relationships and specifications that meet performance requirements and manufacturing process capabilities.
Maintain knowledge of company development and manufacturing processes to support efficient mass production of power tools; may manage project team members.
Make electromagnetic design changes to laminations to improve existing designs.
Analyze and test motor designs for sound, vibration, and resonant frequencies, and address issues through design.
Develop clean-sheet designs for brushed and brushless DC motors and AC universal motors to optimize performance for product requirements.
Apply drawing specifications and GD&T, and perform stack-up analysis.
Design fans and airflow paths for thermal management.
Schedule, prepare agendas for, facilitate, and document technical meetings and formal presentations.
Use laboratory equipment, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, and data acquisition systems.
Design and qualify new solutions to applicable regulatory standards, including UL, CEC, CE, and ANSI.
Travel domestically and internationally 10% of the time.