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We design and build mission-critical hardware where reliability, precision, and performance are non-negotiable.\nBascom Hunter is seeking a Principal Motor Design Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and development of electric motors and integrated electromechanical systems for demanding aerospace and defense applications. This role serves as the senior technical authority for complete motor design, with emphasis on permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), brushless DC (BLDC) motors, and AC synchronous motors.\nThe ideal candidate combines deep electric machine design expertise with strong mechanical and multiphysics engineering capability. This engineer will consider the motor as a complete rotating system, including electromagnetic, thermal, structural, rotordynamic, bearing, tolerance, material, drivetrain, manufacturing, and test considerations. The role requires hands-on experience taking motor designs from requirements and specification development through analysis, prototype build, qualification, and production.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead the design and development of PMSM, BLDC, AC synchronous, and other specialty motors for aerospace and defense applications from requirements definition through production release.\nReview system and customer requirements, develop motor-level requirements and interfaces, and author detailed motor specifications and verification criteria.\nPerform electromagnetic motor design and simulation using ANSYS Motor-CAD and related ANSYS tools, including magnetic circuit, winding, torque, loss, efficiency, and performance analysis.\nPerform and participate in coupled thermal, structural, stress, and dynamic analysis, considering winding and magnet temperatures, thermal paths, thermal growth, fatigue, shock, vibration, and overspeed conditions.\nDesign and analyze the complete rotating assembly, including rotors, shafts, housings, bearing systems, magnet retention, interfaces, and associated mechanical components.\nEvaluate rotor dynamics, including critical speeds, rotor stiffness, bearing effects, vibration, unbalance response, and resonance risk.\nSelect and analyze bearings, including load capacity, life, preload, fits, lubrication, thermal effects, stiffness, and environmental considerations.\nDevelop GD&T schemes and tolerance stack-ups for air gaps, bearing fits, rotor/stator concentricity, runout, interfaces, and other critical dimensions.\nSupport rotor balancing strategy, vibration analysis, balance correction, and resolution of rotating-machine vibration issues.\nDesign and integrate motor mechanical interfaces with gearboxes, couplings, splines, actuators, and other drivetrain components.\nLead trade studies across electromagnetic, thermal, structural, mechanical, manufacturing, reliability, cost, and SWaP considerations.\nPerform material selection and compatibility assessments for magnetic, electrical insulation, structural, bearing, adhesive, coating, lubricant, and other motor materials considering temperature, environment, corrosion, CTE mismatch, outgassing, and manufacturing processes.\nDevelop detailed motor specifications, CAD models, engineering drawings, tolerance requirements, BOMs, and design documentation compliant with applicable aerospace and defense standards.\nApply DFM/DFA principles and work closely with manufacturing, suppliers, and quality personnel to ensure designs can be repeatedly manufactured, assembled, inspected, balanced, and tested.\nOversee prototype builds, bench testing, environmental qualification, endurance testing, failure analysis, and teardown activities; correlate test results with analytical models and drive design refinements.\nServe as the principal technical point of contact for motor and electromechanical design reviews with customers, primes, and government stakeholders.\nMentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical leadership across motor and electromechanical design activities.\nCollaborate with electrical, mechanical, systems, controls, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to ensure integrated system performance.\nSupport proposal development, technical volumes, design concepts, trade studies, and ROM estimates for new business opportunities.\nEnsure designs meet requirements for performance, reliability, EMI/EMC, environmental survivability, manufacturability, and size, weight, and power (SWaP).\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or related field; Master's or PhD preferred.\n10+ years of experience designing electric motors, rotating electromechanical systems, or related high-performance machinery, preferably within aerospace, defense, or another high-reliability industry.\nDemonstrated expertise in PMSM, BLDC, AC synchronous, or similar electric machine design, including magnetic circuits, winding design, motor losses, efficiency, torque production, and thermal management.\nHands-on proficiency with ANSYS Motor-CAD and experience using ANSYS or equivalent tools for electromagnetic, thermal, structural, or mechanical analysis.\nDemonstrated ability to evaluate motor designs beyond electromagnetic performance, including thermal behavior, structural integrity, rotor dynamics, bearings, balancing, mechanical interfaces, and drivetrain considerations.\nExperience with GD&T, engineering drawings, tolerance analysis and stack-up, dimensional fits, and precision rotating assemblies.\nExperience with material selection and compatibility for high-performance electromechanical hardware.\nExperience taking designs through the full lifecycle: requirements review, specification development, concept design, detailed analysis, CAD/drawings, prototyping, test, qualification, and production transition.\nStrong understanding of motor control fundamentals and interaction between motors and drive electronics.\nWorking knowledge of applicable aerospace and defense standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, AS9100, and related requirements.\nStrong first-principles engineering, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, technical writing, and communication skills.\nExperience presenting technical designs and analysis to customers, internal design reviews, and government stakeholders.\nU.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements and access to export-controlled information.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with integrated electromechanical actuators, gearboxes, couplings, splines, and mechanical drivetrain systems.\nExperience with rotor dynamics, bearing analysis, balancing, vibration analysis, and high-speed rotating machinery.\nFamiliarity with FMEA/FMECA, reliability engineering, design-for-reliability, and life prediction methods.\nPrior experience supporting DoD or NASA programs, including formal PDR/CDR activities and qualification testing.\nActive DoD security clearance.\nExperience mentoring engineers or leading small multidisciplinary technical teams.\nPhysical/Work Environment\nMay require occasional travel to customer sites, test facilities, or supplier locations.\nStandard office, engineering lab, test, and production environment with regular interaction with prototype and production hardware.\nEqual Opportunity Statement\nBascom Hunter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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