TAE Technologies develops breakthrough solutions to the most complex problems of our time. Our core mission is to develop and distribute safe, cost-effective commercial fusion energy with the cleanest environmental profile. With over 1,000 issued and pending patents and over $1 billion USD in private capital, we are now on the cusp of delivering a transformational energy source capable of sustaining the planet for thousands of years. Our foundational technology has catalyzed a portfolio of spinoff opportunities in critical markets such as electric mobility, power management, life sciences and more. Multidisciplinary and mission-driven by nature, TAE Technologies is leveraging proprietary science and engineering to create a bright future for us all.

We currently have an opening at our Foothill Ranch, CA (Orange County) facility for a Sr. Motor Controls Engineer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, development, implementation, optimization, and testing of motor controls algorithms for electrical machines including interior permanent magnet machines (IPM), surface permanent magnet machines (SPM), and induction machines (IM)
• Specification and development of requirements related to the motor controller
• Documentation of algorithm development and testing results, and integration of the documentation within the relevant tools
• Provide feedback and assistance to other systems requiring motor controls support like machine prototype development, powertrain controls development, or traction inverter development
• Support to develop and maintain the simulation platform related to the motor control software modules
• Closely working with Embedded software engineer for algorithm implementation & testing
• Supporting & troubleshooting various test benches for system validation
• Interact with vendors, suppliers, and customers as needed
• Up to 25% domestic and international travel

Required Skills:

• Solid background in motor controls related topics, and ideally some automotive experience
• Knowledge and experience to implement simulation model of whole AC machine drive system in time-domain
• Good understanding of traction inverter drives and electric motors including IPM, SPM, and IM
• In depth knowledge and hands on experience of field-oriented control for PM and/or IM
• Experience with pulse width modulation (PWM) schemes including sine PWM and space vector PWM
• Knowledge of digital observer and filter design and implementation
• Proficient with modeling, simulation and validation using tools like Matlab/Simulink

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with practical considerations like dead-time compensation, delay compensations (PWM, ADC, etc), consideration of voltage limits, variation of the switching frequency.
• Familiarity with common development stages and tools like model in the loop (MIL), software in the loop (SIL), hardware in the loop (HIL), and full system level testing (dyno, vehicle).
• Familiarity with position and speed measurement devices like resolvers and encoders.
• Basic knowledge of communication interfaces like CAN, SPI, I2C.
• Experience with debugging tools like CANape and CANalyzer.
• 3 years of work experience or a PhD in related to motor controls, electric drives and/or electric machines.

Required Education:

• Master's degree in electrical engineering