Senior Controls Engineer

Senior Controls Engineer 

• Permanent role
• Hybrid (Nuneaton)
• Salary up to ~£75,000 (depending on experience)
• Benefits package available (details shared at shortlist stage)

An innovative automotive technology business is hiring a Senior Controls Engineer to develop safety-critical control algorithms for next-generation vehicle motion / suspension systems.

You’ll sit within a controls function covering areas such as body control (ride/handling), actuator/damper control, and road-motion prediction, working end-to-end from requirements through validation.

Responsibilities.

• Design, develop, and tune safety-critical control algorithms from requirements ? implementation ? test ? vehicle validation
• Support verification activities including MiL (Model-in-Loop) and SiL (Software-in-Loop) testing
• Contribute to controller architecture and algorithm design reviews
• Run root-cause investigations, data processing, and analysis from simulation + vehicle testing
• Work closely with Systems, Software, and Vehicle Dynamics team

Ideal candidate:

• Degree in Control Systems / Systems Engineering (or closely related)
• 4+ years in control algorithm development & test
• Strong grounding in feedback control theory (e.g., linear system analysis, frequency response, optimal control)
• Safety-critical development experience, ideally ISO 26262
• Requirements management exposure (e.g., DOORS, Jama)
• Strong MATLAB / Simulink experience
• Clear communication skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary engineering environment

Preferred experience:

• MSc / PhD in a relevant field
• Vehicle test experience + objective data collection
• Calibration exposure and Vector tooling (e.g., CANape / CANalyzer)
• Awareness of ASPICE
• Domain depth in one or more:
  • Vehicle dynamics / chassis control
  • Hydraulic system dynamics / actuator control
  • Sensor data / estimation / sensor fusion (e.g., GPS/IMU/map data),
  • Python helpful.

   

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