Sr. Electromagnetics Design Engineer (Robotics & Automation)

Location: Apex, NC, United States; onsite role

Company

hirify.global develops precision components and subsystems for healthcare, advanced manufacturing, robotics, automation, and other mission-critical applications.

What you will do

• Lead the design of inductive resonant and eddy-current position sensors and encoders, including coil and PCB sensor patterns, targets, and sensing IC or ASIC integration.
• Design electric motors including BLDC, PMSM, induction, and synchronous motors, covering magnetic circuits and winding configurations.
• Optimize sensor and motor designs with electromagnetic FEA for accuracy, resolution, torque, efficiency, alignment tolerance, and environmental robustness.
• Build prototypes, characterize performance, and correlate simulation results with testing across gap, tilt, temperature, EMI, load, and speed conditions.
• Develop technology roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, benchmark competitors, and ensure compliance with applicable standards.
• Lead project execution and collaborate with PMO, hardware, firmware, manufacturing, quality, sales, and operations while mentoring engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electromechanical engineering, or a related technical field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in electromagnetic sensor, position-sensing, encoder, and/or electric motor design.
• Hands-on experience with inductive sensors or encoders and/or BLDC, PMSM, induction, or synchronous motor design.
• Proficiency with electromagnetic FEA tools such as Ansys Maxwell and 2D/3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD.
• Knowledge of PCB design constraints, sensor IC electronics and firmware integration, signal-processing or interpolation techniques, and standards including UL, CSA, CE, IEC, IEEE, and NEMA.
• Advanced problem-solving, decision-making, project management, communication, presentation, and mentoring skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, electromechanical engineering, or a related field.
• Experience spanning both inductive sensing and electric motor design disciplines.
• Working knowledge of ratiometric calculation and SIN/COS interpolation for position sensing.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional work within the Robotics & Automation group.
• Cross-training between motor design and inductive sensing disciplines.
• 10–15% travel as required.
• Occasional lifting or moving of 10–25 pounds may be required.