Control Systems Engineer

Title Control Systems Engineer
Categories US Job Openings
Location Lake Forest, CA
Employment Type Perm
Travel Required 10%
Job Information

Must have a BSEE or BSME prefer MSEE or MSME

Knowledge of Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Internal Combustion Engine, or Fuel Cell operation principles and control systems 2-5+ years embedded control software development experience using MATLAB (Simulink, Stateflow Coder, and Real Time Workshop Coder).
Experience in defining/refining control algorithms for powertrain systems.
MotoTron controllers, application software, and control strategies using MATLAB/Simulink.
Automotive fuel system and OBD-II programming/calibration experience.
C/C++ programming for CPU32/MPC555x controller family
Vector CANape, ATI Vision, PCAN and KVASER tools.
CAN Bridge control strategy and software development.
Knowledge of Powertrain Simulation tools (PSAT, Advisor)
Knowledge of Software Version Control System (PVCS)
Knowledge of Data Analyses Tools (e.g. Matlab, Excel).

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Expert in Torque Security control theory and development of control strategies for use in electric and hybrid electric powertrains.
Expert in powertrain control strategy development (internal combustion, hybrid, or fuel cell) for embedded controllers in alternative fuel vehicles (Hydrogen, CNG, LPG, Diesel Hybrid, Gasoline Hybrid).
Understanding of diagnostics (OBD-II), drivability, emissions, Service Tool interactions, and EOL interactions.
Use MATLAB (Simulink, Stateflow Coder, and Real Time Workshop Coder) to model and implement powertrain control systems.
Use automotive Controller Area Networks (CAN) software and strategy for embedded powertrain controllers to communicate with other vehicle systems.
Release and support powertrain control software (Serena PVCS).
Fault Tree Analysis and FMEA development experience.
Requires good systematic thinking capabilities to understand and optimize hybrid vehicle powertrain system interactions.
Define control strategies, create code, and test in a bench environment as well as in the target application.
Control Systems support for a project from the quote process through production and service.
Coordinate development actions with Systems Software Engineers, Project Management, Powertrain Engineering & Manufacturing.
Direct interface to hardware component engineering to define some system interface requirements.

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