Atoms
Senior Motor Controls Engineer
$158K–$218K
Pittsburgh, PA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
U.S. - Education
- The posting values demonstrated engineering results and sound judgment over a particular degree.
About the job
Owns the development, implementation, and validation of motor-control strategies for food-production robots, improving mechanism performance, reliability, and cost in production.
What you'll do
- Recommend and evaluate motor and drive options, and develop, integrate, and tune BLDC/PMSM and stepper controls.
- Run instrumented experiments and automated tests to measure performance, validate behavior, and diagnose issues across controls, electronics, firmware, and mechanics.
- Improve commissioning and support through calibration tools, telemetry, fault handling, validated configurations, and documentation.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated ownership of motor-control solutions from development through production or sustained real-world operation, including hands-on BLDC/PMSM control and practical stepper experience.
- Applied controls knowledge including motor physics, commutation and FOC, feedback selection, discrete-time control, loop stability and tuning, saturation, and electromechanical effects.
- Hands-on embedded C/C++ capability and experience bringing up and debugging motor-control hardware, including PWM/ADC timing, current sensing, encoders, real-time execution, and motor-driver interfaces.
- Experimental problem-solving skills using motion data, analysis tools, and oscilloscopes to test hypotheses and distinguish electrical, mechanical, and software issues.
Nice to have
- Experience designing and delivering custom motor controllers or servo drives from the ground up.
- CAN/CANopen or comparable industrial drive interfaces; motor power-stage integration, regenerative-energy management, or EMC troubleshooting.
Pay
$158,000 - $218,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
BLDC/PMSM, stepper, FOC, embedded C/C++, PWM/ADC, CAN/CANopen
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