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Senior Motor Engineers –Cordless New Product Development (NPD)

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Location
Brookfield, WI
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Job overview

The Senior Motor Engineer will lead motor design, prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and failure analysis for complex cordless power-tool projects. The role collaborates with engineering, operations, and suppliers to verify performance, develop specifications, and support manufacturing. It also involves electromagnetic design, thermal management, motor sound and vibration analysis, regulatory qualification, and technical presentations. Domestic and international travel of 10% is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Motor Design, nice to haveMotor Testing, nice to haveTroubleshooting, nice to haveFailure Analysis, nice to haveCAD, requiredFinite Element Analysis, requiredElectromagnetic Simulation, requiredBrushless DC Motors, requiredSolenoid Design, requiredBrushed PMDC Motors, requiredUniversal Motors, requiredInduction Motors, requiredSwitched Reluctance Motors, requiredMotor Controls, requiredBattery Technology, requiredVibration Analysis, requiredSound Analysis, requiredMotor Assembly, requiredMotor Component Design, requiredMotor Manufacturing, requiredCost Management, requiredDurability, required

Qualifications

Master's or Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or Related Field or Foreign Equivalent, requiredMaster's+2 or Bachelor's+5 Years Experience, required10% Domestic and International Travel, required

Full job description

Job Description:

Senior Motor Engineers –Cordless New Product Development (NPD)

13135 W. Lisbon Road, Brookfield, WI 53005

Job Duties

  • Lead design, prototype, test and troubleshoot motors for high complexity projects.

  • Lead collaboration with local cross-functional, Global Motor Engineering, and Operations teams to create and execute test plans to verify motor performance and thermal limits per project requirements.

  • Lead and drive test regimens for components and assemblies within scope of project and organization to aid in design verification and failure modes.

  • Conduct hands-on experiments of power tools, perform simulations, and draw concise, logical conclusions by analyzing data.

  • Perform root cause failure analysis of motor test failures.

  • Drive supplier relationships to develop part/product specifications that meet performance requirements while falling within process capabilities.

  • Maintain an understanding of company’s development and manufacturing processes to effectively and efficiently mass produce power tools. May manage project team members.

  • Perform electromagnetic design changes to laminations to improve existing designs.

  • Analyze and test motor designs for sound, vibration and resonant frequencies and have the capability to address issues through design.

  • Make clean-sheet motor designs of brushed and brushless DC motors and AC universal motors to optimize performance tailored to product requirements.

  • Apply drawing specifications/GD&T and perform stack up analysis.

  • Design fans and airflow paths for thermal management.

  • Schedule, develop agendas for, facilitate, and document technical meetings and formal presentations.

  • Use laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, e-loads, and data acquisition systems.

  • Design and qualify new solutions to applicable regulatory standards such as UL, CEC, CE, and ANSI.

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, related engineering field, or foreign degree equivalent, and 2 years of relevant experience as a Mechanical Engineer, or alternate related acceptable occupation; OR Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, related engineering field, or foreign degree equivalent, and 5 years of relevant experience as a Mechanical Engineer, or alternate related acceptable occupation.

Work academic experience must have included:

  1. CAD (NX, Solidworks, or similar)

  2. Finite Element Analysis

  3. Electromagnetic Simulation

  4. Theory of Brushless DC Motors

  5. Solenoid design and theory

  6. Brushed PMDC, Universal, Induction, or Switched Reluctance motors and theory

  7. Motor Controls, battery technology, vibration, and sound analysis

  8. Motor Assembly and Motor Component design/manufacturing and driving cost and durability

10% of domestic and international travel required.

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How this job compares

Set against the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Wisconsin median$91–150K/yr56 salary ranges
  • US median$45–58/hr390 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 194 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Wisconsin and 7,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,365 postings).
Education
5,220 of the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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