Senior Electrical Engineer, Embedded Systems & Motors

Motivo; California (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Generous vacation

4/10 work week

Profit sharing

Job summary

Motivo seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our tight-knit multidisciplinary team in the United States. You will contribute to electro-mechanical projects with embedded electronics, focusing on motion and control systems, and drive designs from concept through prototype builds.

Ideal candidates have hands-on engineering skills (80%) and mentoring experience (20%), with strong communication and a track record in automotive environments, EVs, or related fields.

Qualifications

• Six plus years of professional engineering experience.
• Direct technical involvement on electro‑mechanical projects with embedded electronics.
• Exceptional communication skills; able to present results and recommendations to internal and external customers.
• Strong ability to mentor less experienced colleagues.
• Desired work split: ~80% hands‑on engineering and ~20% mentoring/similar.
• Design experience with motors, motor controllers, power supplies, inverters/converters, and/or power electronics.
• Prior professional experience with embedded electronics design containing microcontrollers, DSPs, programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD), memory, high‑speed signaling, MEMS sensors, etc
• Strong ability to handle concurrent fast‑paced projects with minimal direction.
• Development and editing of top‑level system architectures.
• Experience with a plethora of different sensor types and technologies.
• Programming experience, especially with embedded C, real‑time operating systems (RTOS), and/or Matlab Simulink Coder.
• Familiarity with communication protocols like CAN, USB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc
• Electrical test and debug with industry standard tools (oscilloscope, in‑circuit debug, digital multimeter, etc)
• Custom PCB design experience from schematic entry and board layout through fabrication, assembly, and test
• Familiarity and experience with high‑performance vehicles (EV, HEV, race vehicles, Solar Car, Formula SAE, etc), including the design process and components
• Experience in design and fabrication for automotive environments (extreme temperature, shock, vibration, etc)
• Generate technical drawings of systems, components, and interfaces
• Experience with various battery chemistries and related battery management systems
• Experience with R&D, SBIR, VC, or similarly funded projects and work effort

Responsibilities

• Hands‑on engineering on electro‑mechanical projects with embedded electronics and motion/control systems.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to top‑level system architectures and technical drawings for components and interfaces.
• Interface with customers and internal teams to present results and recommendations.
• Support design for automotive environments including extreme conditions and high‑speed signaling.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Embedded C programming

RTOS

Matlab/Simulink

CAN/USB/SPI/I2C/Ethernet

System architecture design

Mentoring

Motion/control systems

PCB design

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Logic analyzer

In-circuit debugging

Job description

Motivo seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our tight-knit multidisciplinary team in the United States. You will contribute to electro-mechanical projects with embedded electronics, focusing on motion and control systems, and drive designs from concept through prototype builds.

Ideal candidates have hands-on engineering skills (80%) and mentoring experience (20%), with strong communication and a track record in automotive environments, EVs, or related fields.