Motor Drive Engineer — Build Next-Gen SiC Inverters

allocortech inc.; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunities / cash bonus

Top-tier medical HMO

PPO

401(k) with company match

HSA plan

Dental and vision

Unlimited PTO

11 paid holidays

Flexible spending accounts

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Allocor.Tech seeks an engineer with 3–5 years in power electronics, motor drives, or high-reliability mixed-signal boards to own execution that ships on Taurus-class controllers (gate drive, sensing, supplies, layout). You will design, bring up prototypes, and test to meet stringent DV/DT, thermal, and EMI specs.

Role requires hands-on lab habits, schematic capture skills (Altium preferred), and strong reading of layouts.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in power electronics, motor drives, inverters, or high-reliability mixed-signal boards.
• Knowledge of MOSFETs or SiC FETs, gate drivers, current-sense amps, isolated supplies, and PWM stages.
• Schematic capture and the ability to read—and argue with—a layout (Altium preferred).
• Hands-on lab habits, including using a differential probe without asking which button is auto-set.
• BSEE or equivalent; bonus: BLDC/PMSM, FOC literacy, CAN, IP-rated packaging, aerospace or EV powertrain.

Responsibilities

• Design and revise Taurus sections: gate drive, current/voltage sensing, housekeeping supplies, connectors, protection.
• Capture schematics and drive layout constraints for high-dv/dt, creepage, and thermal performance.
• Bring up prototypes — first power, functional checks, load, thermal and EMI debug — with lab and firmware.
• Write test procedures, support production, and close bench and field issues.
• Learn the full 20–405 V Taurus family so you can grow from a subsection to a complete controller.

Skills

Power electronics

Motor drives

Inverters

Mixed-signal boards

Schematic capture

Lab skills

PWM knowledge

FOC literacy

Education

BSEE or equivalent

Tools

Altium

Differential probe

Job description

Allocor.Tech seeks an engineer with 3–5 years in power electronics, motor drives, or high-reliability mixed-signal boards to own execution that ships on Taurus-class controllers (gate drive, sensing, supplies, layout). You will design, bring up prototypes, and test to meet stringent DV/DT, thermal, and EMI specs.

Role requires hands-on lab habits, schematic capture skills (Altium preferred), and strong reading of layouts.