Part-Time Motor Control PCB Engineer
Budget: $25 – $50 USD
I need a senior-level electrical engineer who can split time between working remotely and being on site in Orange County, CA. The project centers on motor-control electronics, so every board you design must reliably drive, sense, and protect a variety of motors under real-world loads.
Here’s the flow I expect:
• Draw the schematic and capture the BOM for a new motor-control PCB, selecting components that meet cost, thermal, and EMI constraints.
• Lay out the board for manufacturability, noise immunity, and serviceability, then generate all fabrication and assembly files.
• Oversee prototype builds, bring the hardware up in the lab, and run functional, thermal, and load tests with my existing motor rigs.
• When issues surface, dive into trace analysis, oscilloscopes, and firmware hooks to isolate root causes, revise the design, and verify the fix.
• Document each revision so the design can move smoothly into small-batch production.
KiCad, or similar professional CAD tools are fine as long as output files remain fully editable.
Success means the board passes bench tests, handles specified currents without thermal derating, meets EMI limits, and is delivered to production with complete, clean documentation (schematic, layout, Gerbers, pick-and-place, test report, revision log).
If you’re comfortable moving from design desk to lab bench and can accommodate a few on-site days each month in Orange County, let’s talk schedules and milestones.
Here’s the flow I expect:
• Draw the schematic and capture the BOM for a new motor-control PCB, selecting components that meet cost, thermal, and EMI constraints.
• Lay out the board for manufacturability, noise immunity, and serviceability, then generate all fabrication and assembly files.
• Oversee prototype builds, bring the hardware up in the lab, and run functional, thermal, and load tests with my existing motor rigs.
• When issues surface, dive into trace analysis, oscilloscopes, and firmware hooks to isolate root causes, revise the design, and verify the fix.
• Document each revision so the design can move smoothly into small-batch production.
KiCad, or similar professional CAD tools are fine as long as output files remain fully editable.
Success means the board passes bench tests, handles specified currents without thermal derating, meets EMI limits, and is delivered to production with complete, clean documentation (schematic, layout, Gerbers, pick-and-place, test report, revision log).
If you’re comfortable moving from design desk to lab bench and can accommodate a few on-site days each month in Orange County, let’s talk schedules and milestones.