My client, a world leader in the defence sector and supplier of Missiles and Missile Systems, requires a Senior Motor Controls Technologist to join their team, drive the technical excellence of project deliveries and provide technical leadership for the Motor Controls team with responsibility for coaching and mentoring team members.   Senior Motor Controls Technologist   They are looking for an expert in Motor Controls to be responsible for providing support and guidance on high complexity issues across all projects, playing a key role in defining the future strategy for Motor Control aspects of design and delivery across the Actuation Systems team.   To be considered for this role, applicants will need to be a Motor Controls expert, able to operate at a senior level within the business, with the passion and drive to deliver. You will have experience of operating at a strategic level, sharing your expertise with your team by providing coaching and guidance.  Strong influencing and communication skills are key as you will be networking across internal and external design communities.   From a technical perspective, you will be able to demonstrate: Experience of design and development of control algorithms for digital control systems. Experience as a user of the MATLAB / Simulink toolset and Embedded Coder for the generation of control algorithms ready for deployment within systems. Ideally you will have direct experience in the control of BLDC motors. Ability to model complex real world electronic and mechanical systems such as feedback sensors, motors, drivetrains and drive electronics. Ability to generate sub-system or component requirements from a set of customer requirements in support of system architecture development.  Motor Control Systems Engineer Stevenage, Hertfordshire or Bristol Salary up to £75k DOE plus car allowance, bonus, hybrid working and benefits Permanent   Key Skills: Motor Controls, Motor Control Systems, Control Systems, Digital Control Systems, Control Algorithms, Matlab, Simulink, Embedded Coder, BLDC Motors, Brushless Motors, Modelling, Sensors, Motors, Drive Trains, Drive Electronics, Actuation.   Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet these criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.   Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.      This role is a PERMANENT position