# Senior Motor Design Engineer

The Senior Motor Design Engineer is responsible for leading the design and development of advanced Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors, Voice Coil Actuators (VCAs), and other precision electromagnetic motion-control solutions for Aerospace & Defense applications.This role is responsible for the electromagnetic design, analysis, optimization, and validation of high-performance motors and actuators used in mission-critical systems including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), missile guidance and control, avionics, gimbal stabilization, electro-mechanical actuation, and next-generation aerospace platforms. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in electromagnetic design, finite element analysis (FEA), magnetic circuit optimization, motor performance modeling, and multidisciplinary product development. As a technical leader, this individual will collaborate closely with Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and Sales teams to deliver innovative products that achieve industry-leading performance, reliability, and SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) objectives. General Responsibilities Advises on the creation of designs within inter-disciplinary teams to a

- **Id**: 4046036
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sensata-technologies-senior-motor-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Vista, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T23:56:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T14:49:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6671
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Parental leave, Retirement plans, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Sensors & Transducers, Test & Measurement Instruments

## Company

- **Id**: 5071
- **Name**: Sensata Technologies
- **Domain**: sensata.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sensata>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.375
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 147120
- **Max**: 202290
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 202290

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **Outlook** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T23:56:03Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 29 · green card filings: 6; Filings 12m: 29

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 202290
- **Is top pay**: yes

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