What are the responsibilities and job description for the Magnetics Design Engineer (Motor Magnetics) position at Danfoss?
The Impact You'll Make
As our Electromagnetic Design Engineer, you’ll play a key role in supporting the design, modeling, and validation of electromagnetic components.
Your impact? Contribute to concept development, analytical and numerical modeling, prototyping, and test correlation for products such as high-speed permanent-magnet electric motors, electromagnetic actuators for magnetic bearing systems and magnetic sensors
You’ll collaborate with functions and take ownership of key processes, helping us move toward a more innovative future.
What You’ll Be Doing
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.
Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.
Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.360 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.
As our Electromagnetic Design Engineer, you’ll play a key role in supporting the design, modeling, and validation of electromagnetic components.
Your impact? Contribute to concept development, analytical and numerical modeling, prototyping, and test correlation for products such as high-speed permanent-magnet electric motors, electromagnetic actuators for magnetic bearing systems and magnetic sensors
You’ll collaborate with functions and take ownership of key processes, helping us move toward a more innovative future.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead design, develop and test validation of innovative cutting-edge electric motors and magnetic bearing systems for high-speed compressors.
- Perform electromagnetic modeling (2D/3D Finite Element Analysis) for magnetic circuits, electromagnetic torque/force, flux density, inductance, losses, and thermal loading.
- Conduct first-order calculations (magnetic circuits, equivalent circuits, winding factors, saturation, leakage, skin/proximity effect).
- Develop and execute system-level tests, such as Power Electronic Drive & Electric Motor systems, and prepare test summaries and reports.
- Participate in design reviews, FMEAs, risk assessments, and engineering change processes
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Electromagnetics, Physics, Mechatronics, or related field.
- Familiarity with EM simulation tools (e.g., ANSYS Maxwell, Motor-CAD, JMAG).
- 2 years of experience with design/analysis of permanent-magnet motors, electromagnetic designs.
- Master and/or Doctorate degree is a plus
- Critical thinking and problem-solving mind set.
- We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
- You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
- We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
- You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.
Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.
Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.360 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.