Senior Electrical Engineer - Magnetic Bearing Controls

Calnetix is a design and manufacturing company that is primarily focused on high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machines, power electronics, magnetic bearings, and associated controls. Candidate will join the engineering team, using our high-speed high power permanent magnet machines, power electronics, and magnetic bearing controllers to change the electric machine industry.

The Sr. Electrical Engineer – Defense & Aerospace will assist with all aspects of magnetic bearing controller design, test, debugging, and project execution. In this role, you will design innovative controller products for military applications and participate in the product development process from concept realization through introduction of product into high volume production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the architecture and technical direction of magnetic bearing control electronics, from position sensors through power amplifiers and actuator interfaces
• Architect, develop, and review digital control hardware utilizing CPLDs and FPGAs, including programming and verification using VHDL or equivalent hardware description languages, with attention to timing determinism, synchronization, and fault-handling behavior.
• Lead or support trade studies evaluating control electronics topologies, sensor architectures, redundancy strategies, and fault-handling approaches.
• Specify requirements for magnetic bearing control hardware components such as DSP controller, PWM amplifiers, and power supplies; create system level wiring diagram.
• Interface directly with customers, suppliers, and partners on control electronics topics, including technical reviews, requirements clarification, and issue resolution.
• Support hands-on system bring-up and integration, including board-level debugging, signal integrity verification, timing validation, and coordination of electronics with mechanical and control subsystems.
• Lead hands-on troubleshooting during integration and test activities, diagnosing control electronics, sensor behavior, and digital timing issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and system-level test data.

Education, Skills, and Experience:

• BSc + 5 years industry experience or MSc + 3 years industry experience in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with focus on digital electronics
• Experience in designing analog and digital control circuits using Altium, or similar tool
• Strong skillset of debugging analog, digital, and power electronics circuits
• Experience with space vector, sinusoidal, and/or discontinuous PWM schemes.
• Strong circuit simulation experience (Matlab Simulink/PLECS/ LTSpice)
• Must be able to obtain a confidential security clearance within one year of start date