Motor Development Engineer Jobs

Company Profile

TTI Group is a global leader in Power tools, Outdoor products, and Floorcare products with $13.2B revenue. It owns several business units and brands such as Hoover, Oreck, Dirt Devil, Milwaukee Tools, Ryobi, HART, etc. This role is for the TTI Floorcare (TTIFC) business unit in Charlotte, North Carolina.

At TTIFC, our most valued resource is our dedicated team of employees, and we work with a passion for being the best and exceptional pride in our Hoover, Oreck, and Dirt Devil strategic brands. We know that the only way to sustain growth and success is to value our employees and invest in an individual's growth and development from day one. Our Engineering teams are the key contributors to TTIFC's innovative and best-in-class products.

Role Summary

The Motor Development Engineer is a member of the Motor Development team that supports product development across all our brands. Every developmental phase of motor development happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in a mix of mechanical and electrical engineering expertise to design and develop leadership in motor capabilities. We create Best-in-Class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive hands-on testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, and cross-functional agility.

The Motor Development Engineer will collaborate with local cross-functional teams, global Motor Engineering and Operations teams to create and execute test plans to verify motor performance and thermal limits per project requirements. You will develop and apply a platform-based mindset to motor designs to ensure consistent and efficient mass-produced Milwaukee motors and products around the world.

Primary Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of senior engineers, learn and apply state of the art motor design and collaborate with a team to design, prototype, test, and troubleshoot motors for low to mid-level complexity projects.
• Spending time in the motor lab to the point of being able to run a motor performance test and then file the test information
• Initially, gain an understanding of the AC & DC motors that we deal with daily. This will be done via:
• Internal and external training instruction
• Schedule, develop agendas, facilitate, and document technical meetings and formal presentations.
• Self-manage and track your projects, contributions to design and test workflows to ensure project adherence to schedule and Floor Care’s processes and quality goals.
• Directly owns and contributes to motor design elements and performance attributes (thermal, structural, material, NVH) including design for manufacturability
• Design and qualify new solutions to applicable regulatory standards such as UL, CEC, CE and ANSI.
• Develop and analyze requirements, design, implement, integrate and test using Matlab/Simulink and/or C
• Conduct hands-on experiments of vacuums, perform simulations, and draw concise, logical conclusions by analyzing data
• Use laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, and data acquisition systems.
• Training on the in-house motors
• Acquire and maintain understanding of Floor Care’s development and manufacturing processes.
• Create test plans for motor components and assemblies within scope of the project.

• Experience in building the Motor system models
• (Limited) travel to China, Vietnam, Mexico, etc. is expected to meet the TTI (motor design) counterparts and visit strategic vendors
• Motor reliability and cost drivers
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with motor development in a related industry.
• Familiarity with FEA and/or CAD.
• Motor construction and assembly
• Electromagnetic analysis and motor design
• Motor component design and manufacturing methods
• Self-motivated, organized, efficient, process oriented with a strong work ethic
• Excellent problem-solving skills, exercises independent judgement and works well under pressure in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in Systems Engineering and MBSE
• Basic motor theory of Brushless and Brushed PMDC and AC motors
• Familiarity with or demonstrated ability and eagerness to learn the following aspects of motor design:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. This document is subject to change at any time and is not intended to be exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required by employees with this position title. The physical requirements described on the supplemental Occupational Worksheet are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request.