Global BLDC Motor Design Engineer – eVCT Actuators

BorgWarner; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

BorgWarner seeks a VCT Homeroom Engineer to serve as the technical specialist for BLDC motor design and development supporting eVCT products. The role defines motor architecture, supports next-generation actuator development, and helps establish design standards across global engineering teams.

The candidate will have a degree in electrical or mechanical engineering with motor design experience, exposure to CAN and DFMEA, and proficiency with simulation tools.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering with significant Mechanical Engineering experience or vice versa.
• Automotive actuator or eMotor product development experience.
• Experience with electromagnetic design.
• Experience with automotive electronics integration including CAN.
• Mechanical design (tolerance stacks, vibration analysis).
• Failure analysis/8D/DFMEA.
• Simulation and analysis tools: Matlab/Simulink, Ansys, Motorcad, 1-D dynamic simulation.
• Proven effectiveness working in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for eVCT electric motors.
• Define motor architecture, performance requirements, and technical specifications.
• Support global VCT programs through design reviews, problem solving, root cause analysis, and technical mentoring.
• Design and optimize rotor and stator assemblies, magnet systems, winding configurations, position sensing systems, and motor housing.
• Optimize motor performance for torque, efficiency, response time, durability, NVH, thermal performance, and cost.
• Support eVCT actuator modeling, validation, and correlation of simulation results to test data.
• Define and support DV/PV test plans, prototype builds, production launches, and issue resolution activities.
• Develop engineering standards, design guidelines, best practices, benchmarking reports, and lessons learned.
• Support innovation activities, invention disclosures, and patent development.

Skills

EM design

CAN integration

Global teamwork

Failure analysis

Tolerance analysis

Motor design concepts

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering with Mechanical experience

B.S. Mechanical Engineering with Electrical experience

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

Ansys

Motorcad

1-D dynamic simulation

Job description

BorgWarner seeks a VCT Homeroom Engineer to serve as the technical specialist for BLDC motor design and development supporting eVCT products. The role defines motor architecture, supports next-generation actuator development, and helps establish design standards across global engineering teams.

The candidate will have a degree in electrical or mechanical engineering with motor design experience, exposure to CAN and DFMEA, and proficiency with simulation tools.