Nidec Motor

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Job Summary

Nidec Motion and Drives is a business unit within Nidec Motor Company specializing in the design and manufacturing of standard and custom brushless DC motors, AC and DC servo motors, frameless motors, and brushed PMDC motors, to name a few. Our customer-centric approach is to serve as a development partner, providing innovative solutions for some of the world's most challenging and demanding motor, gearmotor and drive applications. Our motors and drives are used in industries such as Warehouse Automation, Industrial Automation, Automated Storage Retrieval Systems, Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), and Collaborative Robots. Additionally, the green energy movement has led to innovations in Electrification specific to electric motor drive systems. We’re experiencing unprecedented demand for our battery-driven motor technologies in electrification conversions in applications including Aerial Work Platforms, Floor Cleaning, Golf & Utility Carts and Large Traction Buses and Trucks.

We offer personalized service with dedicated project teams that lead and collaborate from concept to design, and from rapid prototyping to production. These teams focus on delivering the right mechanical package for the application, either by leveraging diverse standard platforms or providing a customized solution. Backed by the global network of Nidec expertise and experience, the result is a quality product that meets customer requirements on time and at the right price. We work to earn and keep our customer trust in our products and service.

Not only are we committed to excellence in the customer journey, we are laser-focused on the people who make that happen – our employees. We are who we are because of our talented people and our strong leadership. Growing and developing talent is what we do best because it’s what makes us successful in the long run. Joining our team of talent will position your career for growth in the smartest technologies in electrification and robotics.

Job Description

The Motion Control engineering group is looking for an individual that has studied motor development and understands electric motor principles. This person will work under the direction of established electromagnetic engineers in motor design, motor building, motor theory, etc. This person will assist in generating electromagnetic motor designs, support sample construction, and validate designs using lab test equipment. This is an internship/Co-Op position based in St. Louis, MO.

Duties:

• Apply theoretical and practical skills in electromagnetic motor design theory to support development for precision motor brushless DC motor drive systems.
• Assist electromagnetic engineers with motor designs to design and/or customer specifications utilizing MotorCAD, SPEED, Ansys Maxwell, and or JMAG software.
• Apply knowledge of power electronics and how they interact with motors to integrate power electronics with electric motor design.
• Review documentation, including design specifications and verification test plans
• Communicate with peers and supervisors including documentation of work, meetings, and decisions.
• Interface with new product development project teams to support production or development projects. 
• Analyze data from designs of working prototypes interpreting data from digital data acquisition systems and signal processing equipment to make needed adjustments to improve performance or other attribute about the design.

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in related field of study - JR, SR, Master, PHD level
• Opportunities for Summer, Spring, and Fall
• Contribute to innovated designs and high-performance functionality
• Desire to work in a team environment
• Ability to self-start and produce results
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and Word

Additional Job Details

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.