Electric Propulsion Systems and Maturity Engineer

Nidec - Saint Louis, MO

Full-time

Saint Louis, MO

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Electric Propulsion Systems and Maturity Engineer at Nidec Motor Corporation will play a crucial role in the development and production of electric propulsion systems for battery-powered aircraft. This position involves working collaboratively within a cross-functional team to ensure the successful design, integration, and certification of propulsion systems, contributing to the aerospace industry's transition to sustainable aviation.

Responsibilities

• Capture of systems requirements from customer specification
• Requirements review with the customer
• Capture of certification requirements
• Validation of system requirements
• Definition of system architecture
• Definition of system electrical and data interfaces
• Analysis of system safety and reliability
• Flow down of system requirements to equipment requirements
• Interaction with equipment-level engineers to define the equipment attributes
• Interaction with safety engineer to support safety assessment
• Review of equipment design for compliance with system objectives
• Elaboration of qualification and maturity plans
• Test setup specification
• Elaboration of test procedures for functional and performance qualification
• Elaboration of test procedures for environmental and electromagnetic qualification
• Qualification tests execution
• Elaboration of test results and problem reports
• System troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Verification of system and certification requirements
• Elaboration of reports
• Elaboration of HALT, HASS, ESS procedures
• Elaboration of Endurance procedures
• Elaboration of Health Monitoring Strategies

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's or Ph.D. degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related field
• 7 years of experience in motor control/modeling
• Experience in new product development and phase-gate processes
• Experience in the development of electromechanical propulsion systems or electromechanical actuation systems
• Experience in the development of high-voltage motor control equipment
• Experience in requirements-based development, requirements management, and V&V process
• Experience with airworthiness certification requirements
• Experience with safety assessment, FMEA, and FTA
• Experience with reliability growth, product maturity, and product readiness
• Experience with ESS, HALT, HASS
• Experience with Endurance tests
• Experience with PHM
• Experience with ARP 4754A and with DO-160
• Experience with IBM DOORS or JAMA
• Experience with MATLAB, Simulink

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with power electronics and motor control
• Experience with safety assessment and reliability prediction