Senior Controls Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

About this role

ISEE is seeking a full-time Senior Controls Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of relevant work experience and a blend of mechatronics/robotics/and controls experience.

Role responsibilities include:

- Building and using models to simulate and test control algorithms, evaluating and verifying all aspects of dynamic behavior at both component and system level

- Conceiving test scenarios and coordinating with other teams to conduct extensive software testing and field testing on autonomous vehicles

- Develop metrics and intuitive tools to evaluate vehicle dynamics controller performance

- Participate in architecture strategy & algorithm design reviews

- Conduct root-cause investigations, data processing and analysis of results from simulations and vehicle testing

Qualifications

- Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or similar technical discipline. (Masters and up preferred)

- Engineering background in feedback control theory: linear system analysis (time domain and frequency domain), stability analysis, frequency response, system identification, optimal control techniques

- HIL (Hardware-in-loop) testing and signal processing experience

- High proficiency in Embedded C programming

- Strong experience with MATLAB/Simulink, & Python programming

- Excellent communication skills

- Passionate about self-driving cars and robotics

- Previous start up experience required

Preferred

- Basic understanding, and intuition for physics of multi-body systems

- Experience with coordinating, interpreting, and improving control algorithm requirements

- Experience designing test framework to ensure control algorithm compliance with requirements

- Working in a formal development environment (i.e. ISO26262)