Motor & ESC Team Leader

Outline of the Job

The Motor & ESC Team Leader is responsible for leading the development of motors and inverters for flying cars, while managing team members and coordinating cross-functional and external partners. This role combines technical leadership with people and project management to deliver high-performance, lightweight, and highly reliable electric drive systems that meet aviation certification standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirement breakdown from aircraft level to motor and inverter systems with full traceability
• Define system architecture, specifications, and technical direction
• Oversee modeling, simulation, testing, and validation activities
• Lead supplier selection, technical negotiations, and margin control
• Evaluate delivered motors and inverters and drive performance improvements
• Manage team tasks, schedules, and personnel development
• Collaborate closely with internal teams including power electronics, flight control, aerodynamics, and certification
• Task management of team members and personnel management

Job Highlight

There is nothing better than the joy of creating a “flying car” with your own hands. Various teams, such as power electronics, flight control, aerodynamics, and certification, work in unison and focus on the single goal of creating a flying car. In addition, since we are involved in the entire process from upstream to downstream, from product planning to actual testing, it is an environment where we can strongly feel that we have created the product with our own hands.
We are proud to be an environment where you can enjoy “One & Only” development that you can only experience at SkyDrive.

The AC motors used in flying cars must have high output, light weight, and high reliability in order to “fly safely”. The safety and reliability of the motors must meet the strict certification standards of the aviation industry, and for this reason, when the motors are completed, you can be proud to say that you are a “top-notch motor engineer”.

Essential Skills

• Experience leading the full development lifecycle of motors and/or inverters from concept to validation
• Experience in high-power AC motor development for eVTOL or equivalent aerospace / advanced mobility applications
• Experience in technical leadership, including design reviews and decision-making
• Experience negotiating and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders

Desirable Skills

• Experience leading inverter or motor–inverter integrated system development
• Experience in aviation, automotive electrification, or other safety-critical industries
• Experience developing highly novel or first-of-a-kind electric drive technologies
• Experience supporting certification-related activities

Target Candidates

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive mindset toward innovation and problem-solving
• Ability to lead teams through ambiguity and technically challenging development phases

 

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Type of Employment

• Permanent Employee or Contract Employee
• Probationary period: 3~6 month

Place of Employment

• Nagoya Airport Office: Nagoya Airport Terminal Building 2nd floor, Toyoba, Toyoyama-Cho, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture
• Scope of Change: Places determined by the Company (including places where telework is performed)

Working Hours

• Flextime or Discretionary labor system
• Basic working hours: Start 9:00　End 18:00（Including 1hour break time）

Holidays

• 115 days off per year（Saturday / Sundays / Newyear holidays（12/29～1/3） / Company designated holidays）
• Annual paid leave
• Refresh leave (Granted after 1, 3, 4, 5 years of service)

Salary

• Annual salary paid in 12 monthly installments (including fixed overtime allowance)
• To be determined based on skills, experience, and abilities

Expenses

• Commuting allowance, business trip allowance, moving allowance, etc.
• Relocation Packages
  *There are some conditions.

Social Insurance

• Health insurance
• Employee pension (according to Japan standards)
• Employment insurance
• Worker’s accident compensation insurance

Scope of Work Change

• Reassignment may occur to any other work.

 

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