Electric Motor Control Calibration Engineer

General Motors Company, which is commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts and sells financial services

Responsible for electric motor controls calibration development for electric traction motors and high voltage power electronics for hybrid and electric vehicle applications.

• Develop motor controls calibrations for high power electric drive system consisting of high voltage power converters and electric motors (such as surface mounted and interior permanent magnet machines, induction machines, and other machine technologies)

• Perform extensive motor characterization based on maximum torque per ampere, while meeting torque accuracy requirement and enhancing system efficiency over the entire operating regions

• Optimize motor control performance by ensuring excellent control stability in closed-loop current control regulation and field-weakening operation

• Plan and perform calibration development and testing in high-voltage dynamometer, transmission, and/or vehicle test environment

• Work as part of a fast-paced, diverse team of professionals supporting component development and subsystem and vehicle integration

• Ensure success integration in meeting performance specification of the electric drive system when integrating with various sub-components or systems at the vehicle level

• Stays abreast of new technologies and competitive methods and products

• Travels as required (15%), both domestic and international

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering

• Minimum 3 yrs. engineering experience

• Knowledge of theory and principle of AC electric machine and 3-phase switching power converter topologies

• Experience in developing digital control algorithms for high power electric motor drive system

• Fluency in using Matlab/Simulink, Simplorer or other commercial tools for modeling and simulation of electric drives

• Fluency in C and C programming languages

• Excellent interpersonal skills in a fast paced team

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills

• Able to work with minimum supervision and full autonomy

• Hands-on experience working in high voltage high power test environment

Preferred:

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering preferred

• Previous automotive electrification experience