High-speed permanent magnet motors and power electronics for energy and industrial applications
Calnetix designs and manufactures high-speed electric machines and control systems for defense, aerospace, marine, and oil & gas. The tech stack—MATLAB, Simulink, PLECS, ANSYS Maxwell, embedded C/C++, and NXP/TI microcontrollers—reflects a classical control-systems and electromagnetic-design operation. Active hiring skews senior across engineering and manufacturing, and current projects center on model-based design workflows, new product introduction at scale, and magnetic-bearing actuator development—suggesting a company scaling production while managing technical complexity in a regulated environment (AS9100 certification in flight).
Calnetix Technologies manufactures high-speed permanent magnet machines and associated power electronics and controls. Founded in 1998 and based in Cypress, California, the company serves industrial and defense customers in energy harvesting, waste-heat recovery, and propulsion applications. Product lines include variable-frequency and variable-speed drives, turbo expanders, compressor motors, and magnetic-bearing systems. The organization operates at roughly 51–200 employees, with a core engineering and manufacturing footprint focused on moving designs from concept through high-volume production while meeting aerospace and defense certification standards.
Calnetix's engineering workflow centers on MATLAB, Simulink, and PLECS for control design; ANSYS Maxwell for electromagnetic modeling; and Solidworks for mechanical CAD. Embedded firmware is written in C/C++ and Assembly for NXP and Texas Instruments microcontrollers.
Current projects include new product introduction and scaling to high-volume production, control hardware-in-the-loop testing, model-based design workflows using MATLAB/Simulink, design of electromagnetic actuators for magnetic bearings, and AS9100 certification—typical milestones for an industrial motor and controls manufacturer moving into regulated markets.
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