Senior Motor Engineer: UAV Gimbals & Production Lead

CHIRP Robotics Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

CHIRP Robotics is seeking a Senior Motor Engineer to design small brushless DC motors for precision gimbals and propulsion systems and to lead their transition from prototypes to high-volume production.

You will own motor performance and manufacturability, develop scalable supply chains, supervise in-house machining, and collaborate with controls, electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable, repeatable production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on permanent-magnet brushless motor development and ownership through production ramp.
• Strong understanding of motor electromagnetics, saturation, windings, back EMF, torque constants, losses, and thermal limits.
• Proficiency with electromagnetic FEA tools such as Ansys Maxwell, JMAG, or Motor-CAD, with test-data validation.
• Experience with motor mechanical and thermal design, CAD, drawings, tolerancing, and machining; ability to guide machinists and inspect components.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize gimbal and propulsion motors for torque, smoothness, efficiency, weight, reliability, and cost
• Lead electromagnetic and mechanical design, simulation, prototyping, and performance validation
• Own the transition to high-volume production, including process development, automation, tooling, production capacity, yield, and end-of-line testing
• Develop and qualify suppliers for magnets, laminations, windings, bearings, and machined components; manage technical requirements, quality, lead times, and supply continuity
• Supervise in-house machining of motor components, guiding machinists on drawings, tolerances, fixtures, inspection, and production priorities
• Partner with controls and electrical engineers on motor drives and feedback; resolve qualification and production failures
• Own design documentation and engineering changes, and mentor engineers through development and production ramp

Skills

Motor design expertise

Project leadership

Thermal management

Inverter knowledge

Hands-on prototyping

Python/MATLAB

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Tools

Ansys Maxwell

JMAG

Motor-CAD

CAD (SolidWorks)

Job description

CHIRP Robotics is seeking a Senior Motor Engineer to design small brushless DC motors for precision gimbals and propulsion systems and to lead their transition from prototypes to high-volume production.

You will own motor performance and manufacturability, develop scalable supply chains, supervise in-house machining, and collaborate with controls, electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable, repeatable production-ready solutions.