Senior Electric Motor Engineer - Propulsion Systems

POWERTECH; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

POWERTECH seeks an Electric Motor Senior Engineer to lead the design, development, and certification support of high-performance electric motors for aerospace, defense, and automotive propulsion applications.

You will drive architecture decisions, perform advanced simulations, and ensure reliability under extreme conditions while collaborating with power electronics, controls, and systems teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electric motor design for aerospace, defence, or automotive propulsion systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electromechanical/Aerospace engineering or related field; master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of electric motors for propulsion applications, including e-propulsion and hybrid systems.
• Define motor architectures considering power density, thermal limits, redundancy, and fault tolerance.
• Develop electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical designs, including winding topology, cooling, and insulation.
• Serve as technical authority during design reviews, trade studies and risk assessments.
• Conduct advanced electromagnetic, thermal and structural simulations using industry tools.
• Optimize designs for efficiency, weight, reliability, and survivability under extreme conditions.
• Support motor-inverter-control integration, including torque control and fault detection strategies.
• Define and support prototype builds, qualification testing, and validation activities.
• Analyze test results and lead root-cause investigations; implement corrective actions.
• Support certification and compliance with DO-160, DO-254, MIL-STD, ISO 26262, IEC/ISO standards.

Skills

Electric motor design

Electromechanical concepts

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electromechanical/Aerospace

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

ANSYS Maxwell

JMAG

MATLAB/Simulink

Motor-CAD

Job description

POWERTECH seeks an Electric Motor Senior Engineer to lead the design, development, and certification support of high-performance electric motors for aerospace, defense, and automotive propulsion applications.

You will drive architecture decisions, perform advanced simulations, and ensure reliability under extreme conditions while collaborating with power electronics, controls, and systems teams.