Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or similar engineering field.
• Fundamentally sound electrical engineering knowledge with the ability to adapt to new environments.
• Self-starter that can lead projects with minimal oversight.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering development with individuals in multiple locations / time zones.
• Ability to work on project teams as a technical representative and possesses good communication skills.
• Knowledge/Experience with MATLAB-Simulink including state flow.
• Knowledge/Experience of control theory
• Knowledge of motors & drives, control system fundamentals, and wiring systems.
• Knowledge of high temperature instrumentation for measuring flow, pressure, temperature, imbalance, rotor motion, and vibration.
• Familiarity with electrical test equipment including oscilloscopes, power analyzers, and multimeters as well as a basic understanding of electrical safety.
• Proficient with Microsoft office products — Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Experience writing technical statements of work (SOW).

Responsibilities

• Assist in debugging through established problem solving techniques and debug on bench.
• Interface with Systems engineering to ensure software requirements are documented appropriately and analyze prior to software design and implementation.
• Guide implementation of new electronics, sensors, and components into mechatronic systems.
• Understands requirement to generate controls implementations, and system models.
• Ensure document traceability from requirements through test cases.
• Use of data acquisition systems over CCP/XCP (e.g.INCA, ATi,Vector) for calibration and debugging. Build Simulink Control models for new products in a manner appropriate for test engineers.
• Follow the V model for software development
• Work as part of a global development team.
• Communicates and enforces safe work procedures.
• Identifies and closes safety issues (suggestions, inspection and investigation findings) and their corrective actions.
• Development and support turbocharger electric high speed motor technology. This includes application selection guidance, validation, controller tuning, and system trouble shooting.
• Electronic understanding from a performance, hardware, and microprocessor software standpoint. This includes the ability to use and interpret LIN, SENT, CAN and PWM communication protocols.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
• Understands and adheres to current quality and control policies.
• Understands and adheres to current health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Work with supply chain personnel to develop and evaluate external vendors, and to identify alternative parts in support of supply issues and obsolescence concerns.

Preferred Qualifications

• MSEE with 5+ years design and development experience.
• Proficiency with CAN and support tools preferred
• Proficiency in calibration methods and tools is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to coordinate testing.
• Understanding of the challenges of applying electronic components to harsh applications, principal failure modes, means to mitigate these, and the methods for validation.
• Broad background in engineering technical disciplines that include vibration, heat transfer, stress, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, controls, magnetics and EMI/EMC shielding.
• Six Sigma and Functional Safety experience