What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controls Engineer position at LER TechForce?
MATLAB Simulink Controls Engineer
Are you looking for a role where you can use your knowledge of MATLAB Simulink algorithm development to make a difference vehicle performance and features? Would you like to work for a company that provides an innovative work environment, flexible schedules, and ongoing professional development?
Who we are:
LER TechForce is an industry leader in embedded controls, software, functional safety, and engineering IT talent. For over 20 years LER has been working with customers across North America to meet their engineering resource challenges.
We have a position for an experienced embedded controls engineer who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and executing calibration tuning, verification and validation tests, and documenting and analyzing the results on embedded software controls.
What you will be doing:
Are you looking for a role where you can use your knowledge of MATLAB Simulink algorithm development to make a difference vehicle performance and features? Would you like to work for a company that provides an innovative work environment, flexible schedules, and ongoing professional development?
Who we are:
LER TechForce is an industry leader in embedded controls, software, functional safety, and engineering IT talent. For over 20 years LER has been working with customers across North America to meet their engineering resource challenges.
We have a position for an experienced embedded controls engineer who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and executing calibration tuning, verification and validation tests, and documenting and analyzing the results on embedded software controls.
What you will be doing:
- Develop a detailed understanding of how fuel systems embedded software controls a high-pressure common rail fuel system.
- Enable the use of new fuel system hardware by tailoring and tuning existing calibrations.
- Design and calibrate new fuel system control algorithms.
- Troubleshoot issues on various gas or diesel engines.
- Write Tuning Guides and Concept of Operation documents that adhere to established best practices.
- Submit defect reports in Integrity to document software issues.
- Run FMET(s) (Failure Modes Effects Tests) on bench and vehicles.
- Perform testing on benches, fuel system rigs, test cells and vehicles to assure the fuel systems software is functioning properly and/or to duplicate problems found by customers.
- Electronics OR controls background
- Matlab SIMULINK and advanced controls theory are required .
- Experience with complex real-time, linear, filtering or optimal controls is desired
- Excel data analysis
- MATLAB Simulink development and Simulink simulation
- Object-oriented design and real-time embedded software
- Engineering tools - Vector tool chain (DaVinci, Canape) and calibration tools
- MATLAB Model Advisor
- Good communicator - written and verbal
- Great collaborator
- Full benefits: medical, dental, 401K match
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Flexible Hybrid schedule
- The opportunity to work on industry leading projects
- College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other relevant technical disciplines. Mechanical Engineering degree HIGHLY preferred as well as 1 or more years of hands-on experience.
- Fuel system hardware including injectors and high pressure pump
- Excel data analysis
- Matlab scripting and Simulink simulation
- Classic PID and modern model-based (Kalman filter) control theory
- Digital signal processing
- Object-oriented design and real-time embedded software
- 6 Sigma design process
- Engineering tools
- Good communicator - written and verbal
- An effective problem solver who is comfortable using analytical tools.
- Hobbies or college engineering teams (mini-baja, solar car, etc) are a plus. It's always good to see an interest in engineering/building/problem solving that is evident outside of the academic environment.
