BorgWarner Inc

VCT Homeroom Engineer

BorgWarner Inc$115K — $162K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with motor design experience
  • Automotive actuator or electric motor product development experience
  • Expertise in electromagnetic design
  • Familiarity with vehicle electronics integration, including CAN
  • Mechanical design expertise with tolerance stacks and vibration analysis
  • Experience with failure analysis and DFMEA
  • Proficiency with simulation tools such as Matlab, Simulink, Ansys, and Motorcad

Responsibilities

  • Act as the subject matter expert for eVCT electric motors
  • Define motor architecture and technical specifications
  • Facilitate design reviews and problem-solving across global teams
  • Design rotor and stator assemblies along with associated systems
  • Optimize motor performance across multiple parameters
  • Assist in the modeling and validation of eVCT actuators
  • Develop and support testing plans and issue resolution activities

Benefits

  • Innovative work environment with focus on cutting-edge technology
  • Opportunities for global collaboration
  • Career development through technical mentoring
  • Involvement in patent generation and innovation initiatives
  • Potential for leadership roles within global technical projects
Full Job Description

Job Purpose

The VCT Homeroom Engineer will serve as the technical specialist for Brushless DC (BLDC) motor design and development supporting electric Variable Cam Timing (eVCT) products. The role combines electric motor expertise, mechanical integration capability, system-level thinking, and hands-on automotive product development experience. This engineer will help define motor architecture, support next-generation eVCT actuator development, establish design standards, and provide technical support to global engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the subject matter expert for eVCT electric motors
  • Define motor architecture, performance requirements, and technical specifications.
  • Support global VCT programs through design reviews, problem solving, root cause analysis, and technical mentoring.
  • Design and optimize rotor and stator assemblies, magnet systems, winding configurations, position sensing systems, and motor housing.
  • Optimize motor performance for torque, efficiency, response time, durability, NVH, thermal performance, and cost.
  • Support eVCT actuator modeling, validation, and correlation of simulation results to test data.
  • Define and support DV/PV test plans, prototype builds, production launches, and issue resolution activities.
  • Develop engineering standards, design guidelines, best practices, benchmarking reports, and lessons learned.
  • Support innovation activities, invention disclosures, and patent development.

What we are looking for

Required Qualifications

  • B.S in Electrical Engineering with significant Mechanical Engineering experience. Or B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with significant Electrical Engineering and motor design experience.
  • Automotive actuator or eMotor product development experience.
  • Experience with electromagnetic design
  • Experience with automotive electronics integration including CAN
  • Mechanical design (tolerance stacks, vibration analysis)
  • Failure analysis/8D/DFMEA
  • Simulation and analysis tools
    • Matlab/Simulink
    • Ansys
    • Motorcad
    • 1-D dynamic simulation
  • Proven effectiveness working in a global team

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years of BLDC motor design experience.
  • Experience with integrated motor electronics.
  • Experience taking products from concept through production launch.
  • Experience with eVCT, VFS, oil pumps, turbo actuators, EGR actuators, or similar electromechanical products.
  • Patent generation and innovation experience.
  • Global technical leadership experience.

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Salary Range:

$115,200 - $162,000

Internal Use Only: Salary

About BorgWarner Inc

BorgWarner is a global product leader in powertrain solutions. They focus on developing leading powertrain technologies that improve fuel economy, emissions and performance. Their facilities are located across the globe in order to provide local support of their diverse customer base.

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Size
49,300 employees
Market Cap
$9.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$500 million
Founded
1928
5 Year Trend
+10.3%
Revenue
$10.1 billion
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