Hardware Design Engineer

The Hardware Design Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and optimization of electric motor control systems for 2-wheel and 3-wheel electric vehicles. This role focuses on ensuring high performance, reliability, safety, and compliance with automotive industry standards. The engineer will work closely with firmware, software, mechanical, testing, and manufacturing teams to develop products from concept through mass production.

Key Responsibilities

Motor Control System Development

• Design, simulate, and optimize motor control strategies, including:
  • Field-Oriented Control (FOC)
  • Direct Torque Control (DTC)
  • Speed, torque, and regenerative braking control
• Support the development and verification of control algorithms for BLDC, PMSM, and induction motors using simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink.

Collaboration with Embedded Software Team

• Collaborate with firmware engineers to implement and validate motor control algorithms on microcontrollers and DSP platforms such as STM32, TI C2000, NXP, or equivalent.
• Develop hardware platforms for motor controllers and inverters.
• Integrate position, speed, current, voltage, and temperature sensing circuits for motor control and system protection.

Motor Controller Hardware Design

• Design, review, test, measure, and optimize power electronics and control circuits for motor controller applications.
• Select and evaluate key components including power MOSFETs, IGBTs, gate driver ICs, current sensing devices, protection circuits, and signal conditioning circuits.
• Support PCB design, schematic review, EMC/EMI optimization, and product reliability validation.
• Perform hardware debugging, failure analysis, and root cause investigation.

System Performance Analysis and Optimization

• Analyze and improve system performance, including:
  • Power conversion efficiency
  • Control stability
  • Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH)
  • Vehicle acceleration and hill-climbing performance
• Optimize energy consumption to maximize vehicle driving range.

Product Integration and Validation

• Conduct laboratory and vehicle-level testing of motor control systems.
• Analyze system failures and develop corrective actions and design improvements.
• Support system integration activities with battery management systems (BMS), vehicle control units (VCU), and other vehicle subsystems.

Testing and Certification

• Develop and execute functional, reliability, environmental, and safety test plans.
• Support product compliance with applicable electric vehicle and automotive standards.
• Conduct Design Validation (DV), Product Validation (PV), and support mass production launch activities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields:

• Electrical Engineering
• Power Electronics
• Control & Automation Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Or other related disciplines

Experience

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in electric motor control system development or power electronics design.
• Experience in the following areas is highly preferred:
  • Electric motorcycles
  • Three-wheel electric vehicles
  • Electric vehicles (EVs)
  • Electric powertrain systems
  • BLDC and PMSM motor controllers

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink is an advantage.
• Experience with embedded C/C++ programming is preferred but not mandatory.
• Understanding of:
  • PID Control
  • State-Space Control
  • Model Predictive Control (MPC)
  • Sensorless Motor Control
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Power Electronics
  • Inverter Design
  • Current and Voltage Sensing Circuits
  • PCB Design and EMC/EMI Optimization

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective teamwork and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated with a proactive mindset and continuous improvement attitude.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and understand technical documentation in English.
• Effective communication skills in an international working environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in electric vehicle development projects.
• Experience with high-power electric drivetrain systems.
• Knowledge of automotive development processes and standards is an advantage.