Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer- Motor Control and Servo Design
About The Position
L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist, Motor Control and Servo Design Engineer to join its design team and support motor drive and control circuit card development. The engineer will apply technical knowledge of brushless three-phase motor drives, half-bridge/inverter power stages, and servo control systems to develop hardware solutions. The role covers the full product lifecycle, from requirements definition and architecture through design, integration, verification, qualification, and production support. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet system-level power, thermal, EMI/EMC, reliability, and safety requirements. The position is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off. Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience in Electrical Engineering or a related field; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience; or at least 10 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with stepper motor drive design and debug.
- Experience with motion tables or motion-control test systems.
- Knowledge of C, C++, or VHDL.
- Experience with CAD tools, preferably Mentor Graphics, for schematic capture and layout.
- Proficiency with electrical simulation tools such as SPICE or piecewise-linear modeling tools.
- Experience with laboratory equipment, including electronic loads, bench power supplies, function generators, multimeters, and oscilloscopes.
- Experience designing products for military, high-reliability, or ruggedized environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to coordinate effectively across engineering and manufacturing teams.
- Ability to work independently from oral and written instructions while contributing positively in a team environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Responsibilities
- Design brushless three-phase inverter and motor drive circuits for servo and motion-control applications.
- Develop analog, digital, and power schematics for printed circuit card design.
- Support the hardware development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, bring-up, verification, integration, and transition to production.
- Perform first-article bring-up and debug newly developed hardware in the laboratory.
- Apply control systems theory, including PID and lead-lag compensation, to motor and servo control designs.
- Develop interface circuitry for encoders, resolvers, actuators, and related feedback and control devices.
- Support or contribute to real-time control algorithm development.
- Use MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice, and other modeling and simulation tools to analyze and validate designs.
- Conduct and participate in peer design reviews, design verification testing, and production support activities.
- Collaborate with analog, digital, RF, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing engineers.
- Track technical milestones, cost, and schedule priorities to support program execution.
- Develop, review, and validate specifications and test approaches for motor and servo control electronics.
- Support communication interfaces such as CAN bus and EtherCAT, as applicable to the system design.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
