Motor Test Technician

Motor Test Technician C-Motive Technologies Middleton, WI APPLY HERE! About C-Motive C-Motive is reinventing the electric motor. Our ZeroMag electrostatic motors use electric fields instead of magnets and copper windings, bringing together advanced dielectric fluids, high-voltage electronics and precision mechanical design. We are a small, fast-moving team where every person's work shapes the product.The role: Motor Test Technician We're looking for an experienced motor test technician who takes pride in getting good data from well-run tests. You'll work with our development and engineering teams to set up and run motor and drive tests, troubleshoot test setups, and analyze results so the team can make confident decisions about our motor, fluid and drive development. This is a hands-on role for a critical thinker who is most at home at the dynamometer, notices when a result doesn't look right, and digs in to find out why. You'll start with a motor-testing focus and have plenty of room to learn the chemistry and electrical sides of our technology as you grow.What you'll do

• Set up and run motor and drive tests on dynamometers, from quick bench checks to performance and efficiency mapping, reliability and life tests.
• Build, wire and maintain test stands, fixtures and instrumentation, and develop and update LabVIEW test automation and data acquisition.
• Support testing of the dielectric fluids inside our motors, such as conductivity and resistivity measurements, and flag signs of degradation or contamination.
• Follow test plans developed with engineers, help refine them, and suggest better ways to instrument and measure what matters.
• Review and analyze test data to confirm results are valid, spot trends and anomalies, and troubleshoot unexpected results.
• Write and improve test procedures, data capture and record keeping so results are repeatable and traceable.
• Work closely with engineering, chemistry and manufacturing teammates to plan tests, share results and decide next steps.
• Communicate results clearly through test reports, summaries and conversations with the team.
• Keep the motor test lab running: calibrate and maintain equipment, follow safety practices for high-voltage and chemical work, and suggest new capabilities as needs grow.

Required qualifications

• Associate’s degree or higher in a technical field
• 5+ years of hands-on industry experience in motor or electromechanical testing, experimentation or R&D.
• Hands-on experience testing electric motors and drives, including:
• Running dynamometer tests (e.g., absorption/brake dynos, motoring and performance dynos, hysteresis or eddy-current dynos) to map torque, speed, efficiency and power.
• Developing test automation and data acquisition in LabVIEW (or similar, e.g., NI TestStand, Python).
• Working with torque transducers, encoders, power analyzers, oscilloscopes and thermal measurement.
• Characterizing performance, efficiency maps, thermal behavior, durability and vibration/noise.
• Designing and commissioning test stands and fixtures, including safe setup for high-voltage equipment.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with test data.
• Clear, confident written and verbal communication.
• Collaborative mindset: you share credit, ask for help and help others.
• Hands-on self-starter who can take a loosely defined question, plan the work and see it through.

Nice to have

• Experience testing motor controllers/inverters or non-traditional machines (e.g., high-voltage or electrostatic motors).
• Familiarity with motor test standards (e.g., IEEE 112, IEC 60034).
• Experience in a startup or early-stage product development environment.

Who thrives here You'll love this role if you're a critical thinker who likes understanding how things work and is always ready to learn something new. You're happiest with your hands on the hardware, you take pride in tests that are set up right and data you can trust, and you'd rather explain a result clearly than impressively. You like small teams where your work is visible and matters. We Make it Easy

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