Senior Motor Controls Engineer

Job Description

The Role

As a member of the Powertrain architecture and controls team, you will model, design, implement, test and benchmark the motor controls of current and future Tesla traction motor drives and low voltage drives.

Responsibilities

· Help define requirements for motor control software and interfacing hardware components including voltage and current sensors, power stages, speed sensors

· Understand, drive design of, and implement motor controller functionality, behaviors, and algorithms

· Develop, test, and validate motor control algorithms in the laboratory and in-vehicle

· Maintain awareness of and influence research and development in key component technologies that influence future inverter / motor designs and motor control

· Advance Tesla Motors intellectual property in electric motor design and motor controls

Requirements

Essential Skills:

· Strong fundamentals of AC electric motors and drive systems analysis, modeling and control

· Solid background in linear systems analysis, stability, and controller design

· Basic proficiency with embedded firmware development in C/C++

• Model development and data analysis in Matlab/Simulink
• Strong communication and preference for working in teams

Desired Skills:

· In-depth understanding of torque control techniques such as slip-based control, field oriented control, direct torque control

· Prior experience with flux estimation methods, 3-phase power control, analytical control system theory development and analysis

· Experience with various PWM schemes such as space vector, discontinuous, and sinusoidal modulation, including data-acquisition methods

· Familiarity with sensorless motor control algorithms and low speed control techniques

· Capability of delivering high-quality C code in an embedded microcontroller environment

· System-oriented understanding of thermal, vehicle-level torque control, high voltage DC-link integration, efficiency optimization, and firmware integration for electric drives

Qualifications:

· Greater than 2 years of experience in implementation of controls in traction motor or other inverter-fed drives

· At least Masters in EE/ME/Mechatronics or equivalent

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