Senior Electronics Engineer - Motor Control Systems

NIDEC Defense Group; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec Defense Group in Eden Prairie, MN seeks an Electronic Engineer III to contribute to design, development, and support of motor controls and related hardware. This role collaborates with manufacturing, PCB designers, software teams, and quality groups to deliver reliable, compliant solutions across the product life cycle.

The ideal candidate has strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and interest in global mobility and cross-border employment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Master's degree in Electronic Engineering is desirable.
• Experience in power electronics (inverters, DC-DC converters, switching power supplies).
• Experience designing conditioning and sensing circuitry for variable speed drives.
• Proficient in embedded C and assembly programming.
• Familiar with USB, SPI, I2C, UART, Modbus, CAN, Ethernet and RTOS.

Responsibilities

• Support design and development of motor control electronics through all life cycle stages.
• Create specifications, perform analyses, and guide PCB layout and BOM creation.
• Contribute to testing, validation, and certification activities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, software, and QA to ensure robust designs.
• Document design requirements, test procedures, and manuals.

Skills

Power electronics

Embedded C

PCB design

Testing & verification

System integration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Electronic Engineering (Desirable)

Tools

Code Composer Studio

CodeWarrior

MATLAB/Simulink

Oscilloscopes

CAN/Ethernet debugging

Job description

Nidec Defense Group in Eden Prairie, MN seeks an Electronic Engineer III to contribute to design, development, and support of motor controls and related hardware. This role collaborates with manufacturing, PCB designers, software teams, and quality groups to deliver reliable, compliant solutions across the product life cycle.

The ideal candidate has strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and interest in global mobility and cross-border employment.