Electrical Engineer
Airtech GroupIf you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you. WHO WE ARE Airtech is part of the IDEX Performance Pneumatics Group, delivering innovative solutions for vacuum, pressure, and flow control across critical industries worldwide. We specializes in custom-engineered vacuum and pressure systems, offering advanced solutions for complex applications in life sciences, electronics, and industrial automation. Known for flexibility and technical expertise, Airtech partners with customers to solve unique challenges and deliver tailored systems that meet demanding performance requirements. Airtech combine engineering excellence, customer focus, and global reach to enable technologies that keep industries moving and improve everyday life. POSITION SUMMARY The Electrical Engineer is responsible for developing motor-control algorithms and advanced electrical systems that power high-speed rotating equipment. The role focuses on control strategies and embedded firmware for Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) used with AC motors, DC motor controllers for DC motor applications, motor-control electronics, and the integration of industrial communication protocols. The engineer will own the firmware portion of the development and ensure robust, efficient, and reliable system performance through power-electronics expertise, modeling, simulation, testing, and validation. The position requires close collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, quality, sales, product management, and external suppliers to take designs from requirements and specification development through prototyping, validation, and full-scale production. The ideal candidate combines deep motor-control and firmware expertise with the ability to communicate technical requirements clearly to hardware-development partners and vendors. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Design and Development of Electrical Systems a. Support, Develop and optimize Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) for AC motors and DC motor controllers for DC motor applications. b. Design, integrate and Diagnose CAN-based communication architectures that support deterministic data exchange between motor controllers, sensors. c. Support motor design activities. Performance Analysis Evaluating how the motor behaves under different operating conditions (speed, torque, load). Using tools like MATLAB/Simulink or Ansys Maxwell to simulate motor efficiency, thermal performance, and electromagnetic characteristics. Control Algorithm Development and Firmware Development Develop, simulate, implement, tune, and optimize algorithms that control motor speed, torque, current, position, efficiency, and system stability across the operating envelope. Develop and own embedded firmware for VFDs and DC motor controllers, including control loops, state machines, diagnostics, protection functions, parameter management, and industrial communications. Apply motor-control techniques such as PID control, vector control, field-oriented control (FOC), sensorless control, modulation strategies, and fault handling to achieve smooth acceleration, deceleration, and reliable operation. Testing and Validation a. Conduct hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), dynamometer, and system-level testing for VFDs, DC motor controllers, motors, and high-speed rotating equipment. b. Validate control algorithms, firmware, hardware interfaces, fault responses, performance, safety, reliability, and electromagnetic compatibility against product requirements and applicable standards. c. Develop and …