Senior Electrical Engineer - Magnetic Bearing Controls

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 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