Senior eVCT BLDC Motor Design Engineer

Borgwarner Emissions Systems Spain SL; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

BorgWarner is seeking an experienced VCT Homeroom Engineer to lead BLDC motor design and development for eVCT products in a global context. The role blends electric motor expertise, mechanical integration, system thinking, and hands-on automotive product development.

You will help define motor architecture, support next-gen actuator development, and establish design standards while providing technical support to worldwide engineering teams.

Qualifications

• B.S in Electrical Engineering with significant Mechanical Engineering experience or B.S in Mechanical Engineering with significant Electrical Engineering and motor design 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

BLDC motor design

Electromagnetic design

Automotive electronics

Mechanical design

DFMEA/8D

Rotor/Stator design

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

Ansys

Motorcad

1-D dynamic simulation

Job description

BorgWarner is seeking an experienced VCT Homeroom Engineer to lead BLDC motor design and development for eVCT products in a global context. The role blends electric motor expertise, mechanical integration, system thinking, and hands-on automotive product development.

You will help define motor architecture, support next-gen actuator development, and establish design standards while providing technical support to worldwide engineering teams.