Electrical Engineer
The Role
We are looking for a Electrical Engineer to join our core technical team as a key contributor. Your primary responsibility will be design and development of Motiv’s powertrain components, from high-power DC-DC converters to system controllers. A successful candidate will contribute at all stages of the product development process and will work closely with hardware, software, and manufacturing engineers to ensure Motiv designs result in successful products. You will be responsible for maintaining an expertise in the electric vehicle and component technology landscape, understanding how various advancements might fit into Motiv’s system and to ensure Motiv stays at the leading edge of development in the heavy duty electrical vehicles industry.
As a small and growing company, we are critically dependent on our team members’ leadership, enthusiasm, creative problem solving, and self-motivation across a wide range of both technical and non-technical disciplines. Candidates for this role will be expected to provide mentorship, inspiration, and leadership across the technical organization.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop hardware that includes but is not limited to:
- 50 kVA+ AC-DC battery chargers
- 30 kW+ bidirectional DC-DC converters
- Signal-level electronics, including gate drivers and PMSM motor controllers
- Develop elegant solutions to complex engineering problems on the circuit, component, and vehicle levels
- Design analog and digital circuits for Motiv’s powertrain components
- Strong advocacy for rigorous engineering practice and thought throughout the organization
- Working with vendors and partners (current and potential) to consider new component integration into Motiv’s powertrain
- Participate in developing next generation ideas and state of art technology in the heavy duty electrical vehicle industry.
Required Experience and Skills
- 4-year engineering degree and 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent; advanced degree holders are preferred
- Expertise in component-level circuit debugging with DMM, oscilloscope
- Knowledge of feedback control and stability
- Expertise in many of the following areas:
- Model development and simulation tools
- Circuit analysis
- Power electronics and thermal management
- EMI and RF
- Motor control
- DFM, DFT and Reliability Engineering
- Test automation
- Automotive electronics
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive benefits package including Medical (including 24/7 online access to a physician), HSA, Vision, Dental & 401k
- We offer a generous PTO policy, Group Universal Life, Voluntary Personal Accident and Voluntary Disability Insurance
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Educational Assistance Employee Program
- Healthy Work / Life Balance
- Fresh daily snacks
- Perks at Work - Discounted learning, tickets, electronics, travel, health, restaurants & retail
- Free Online Training & Development
- We are bicycle-friendly, with bicycle storage available to all Foster City employees with a 5 minute walk to the scenic Bay Front
About Motiv
Founded in 2009, and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Motiv Power Systems, a leading provider of software and technology to electrify medium duty commercial vehicles, is committed to freeing fleets from their dependence on fossil fuels. Motiv’s EPIC (Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis) are CARB certified, GSA approved, and available for many configurations including step vans, box trucks, work trucks, shuttle buses, school buses, trolleys, and other specialty vehicles. An EPIC offers uncompromised performance and functionality without the pollution, noise, heat, and vibration of gasoline or diesel power.
Motiv is the only Ford eQVM-approved provider of all-electric chassis for commercial trucks and buses and benefits from engineering insights and support from Ford to ensure safety and reliability. With more than 500,000 miles logged among several of the largest fleet operators in the United States, the EPIC family eliminates 100% of vehicle emissions, dramatically reduces operating and maintenance costs, and creates a healthier environment for riders and communities, while also reducing driver fatigue.