Electrical Engineer

Calnetix Technologies; California (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Calnetix Technologies seeks a Sr. Electrical Engineer – Defense & Aerospace to join our engineering team.

You will contribute to magnetic bearing controller design, test, and production readiness, working with high-speed machines, power electronics, and bearing controllers to advance the electric machine industry. You will lead firmware-hardware interfaces, design digital control hardware with CPLDs/FPGAs, perform system bring-up, and coordinate with customers and partners on control electronics

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with focus on digital electronics and 3–5+ years industry experience preferred.
• Background with active magnetic bearings (AMB) and magnetic bearing controllers (MBC) preferred.
• Strong understanding of electronics and power electronics circuits; ability to debug analog, digital, and power electronics.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture and technical direction of magnetic bearing control electronics.
• Design control electronics for ADC/DAC, timing, synchronization, and data paths for closed-loop control.
• Develop firmware-hardware interfaces and PLC/FPGA-based control hardware.
• Lead or support trade studies on control topologies and fault tolerance.
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and partners on control electronics topics.

Skills

Digital electronics

Power electronics

VHDL

FPGA design

Analog/digital circuit debugging

System-level debugging

Education

BSc + 5 years industry experience or MSc + 3 years industry experience in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with focus on digital electronics

Tools

Altium Designer

Matlab Simulink

LTSpice

Oscilloscope

Job description

Calnetix is a design and manufacturing company that is primarily focused on high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machines, power electronics, magnetic bearings, and associated controls. Candidate will join the engineering team, using our high-speed high power permanent magnet machines, power electronics, and magnetic bearing controllers to change the electric machine industry.

The Sr. Electrical Engineer – Defense & Aerospace will assist with all aspects of magnetic bearing controller design, test, debugging, and project execution. In this role, you will design innovative controller products for industrial, aerospace, and military applications and participate in the product development process from concept realization through introduction of product into high volume production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the architecture and technical direction of magnetic bearing control electronics, from position sensors through power amplifiers and actuator interfaces
• Collaborate closely with controls, mechanical, and systems engineers to ensure control electronics are properly integrated with magnetic bearing dynamics, control algorithms, and mechanical constraints.
• Guide the development of firmware-hardware interfaces, including ADC/DAC selection, timing, synchronization, interrupt handling, and data paths critical to closed-loop control.
• Hands-on experience in designing analog and digital control circuits using Altium Designer.
• Lead or support trade studies evaluating control electronics topologies, sensor architectures, redundancy strategies, and fault-handling approaches.
• Participate in design of new magnetic bearing systems for new applications/machines. Specify requirements for magnetic bearing control hardware components such as DSP controller, PWM amplifiers, and power supplies; create system level wiring diagram.
• Provide engineering guidance to design reviews and troubleshooting support.
• Interface directly with customers, suppliers, and partners on control electronics topics, including technical reviews, requirements clarification, and issue resolution.
• Ensure control electronics designs meet applicable standards and program requirements (e.g., reliability, safety, environmental, and quality requirements).
• Actively monitor advancements in industry and academia related to magnetic bearing control, power electronics, digital control platforms, and sensing technologies, and translate relevant developments into practical design improvements.
• Support hands-on system bring-up and integration, including board-level debugging, signal integrity verification, timing validation, and coordination of electronics with mechanical and control subsystems.
• Lead hands-on troubleshooting during integration and test activities, diagnosing control electronics, sensor behavior, and digital timing issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and system-level test data.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect intellectual property
• Architect, develop, and review digital control hardware utilizing CPLDs and FPGAs, including programming and verification using VHDL or equivalent hardware description languages, with attention to timing determinism, synchronization, and fault-handling behavior.

Education, Skills, and Experience:

• BSc + 5 years industry experience or MSc + 3 years industry experience in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with focus on digital electronics
• Background and experience with active magnetic bearings (AMB) and magnetic bearing controllers (MBC) preferred.
• Strong understanding of electronics and power electronics circuits operation and design.
• Strong skillset of debugging analog, digital, and power electronics circuits
• Experience in PWA board design in Altium
• Ability to debug, validate, and optimize control circuit designs from prototype through production.
• Experience with space vector, sinusoidal, and/or discontinuous PWM schemes.
• Strong knowledge of digital, analog and power electronic circuits design, test, and debugging
• Hands-on experience with power electronics test equipment such as scope, DC/AC electronics load, DC/AC power sources, current and voltage probes
• Strong circuit simulation experience (Matlab Simulink/PLECS/ LTSpice)
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation and technical writing skills
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, strong team player
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively
• Ability to drive projects to completion
• Ability to prepare test reports, conclude the outcome of test results, provide the next steps in test plan, and present it to management level
• Must be able to obtain a confidential security clearance within one year of start date

Intangibles Sought:

• Detail oriented with excellent time management skills.
• Strong blend of analytical, decision-making and creative problem-solving skills.
• Team player with a willingness to learn, teach and help.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Individual must be capable of performing as a lead systems engineer on development programs

Work Environment / Physical Demands:

10% travel may be required.

On-site only; this is not a remote/hybrid position