Senior Motor Design Engineer - Mechanical
August 15
🏢 In-office - Bay Area
Description
• Own the design and development of a small eVTOL motor and drive systems. • Work with a group of magnetics, simulation, controls and mechanical engineering professionals. • Detail design for all aspects of Pivotal's electric motor family. • Plans workload for Propulsion engineer activities • Provides technical expertise and guidance to team to meet applicable deadlines • Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction with both internal and external customers • Develop and process operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions • Architects a system level approach to problems across multiple technical disciplines and influencing decision-making process department procedures and processes • Performs all aspects of vehicle design from initial concept to complete production-ready design • Conducts informal and formal presentations • Provides guidance, mentorship, and learning opportunities to others in both their discipline and on company culture
Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering is required or equivalent combination of experience and education • Minimum of 7+ years' experience in a progressive technical capacity within an engineering organization • Demonstrated competence in Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering processes and design/analysis tools, solving Mechanics & Kinematics problems, solving Thermodynamics problems • Experienced in successfully designing DO160 electronics products (Type Certification experience a plus) • Demonstrated understanding of metallic, plastic and composite material properties • Experience with design and development of lamination stack assemblies. • Experience with tooling development for motor and motor component build. • Understanding of bearings, bearing selection, bearing loads calculations. • Demonstrated knowledge of bearings and drivetrain components. • Demonstrated ability to solve basic structural dynamics problems • Proficiency in Catia V5 (or equivalent), Excel, Word and PowerPoint is required • Demonstrated expertise of industry design and documentation standards (GD&T, ASME, Change Control, etc.) • Experienced with designing: machined parts, composite parts, injection molded parts, sheet metal parts, wire assemblies and mechanical assemblies for low, medium and high volume manufacturing processes • Experienced with: dyno and motor testing, mechanical, lab, field, flight, and environmental testing • Demonstrated expertise in engineering configuration management processes
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