Controls Algorithm Engineer
$84,740–$118,860 year
HybridLa Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary
Develop control strategies and algorithms to meet product requirements, translating specifications for software development and verification. Lead dynamic controls testing through planning, lab support, and real-time data analysis using hardware-in-loop methods. Advance model-driven development while collaborating with product management and application engineering to define design strategies. Utilize effective communication techniques to guide team implementation of HVAC control solutions. Requires 1-3 years of control theory experience, proficiency in C++ and Matlab/Simulink, and ability to travel overnight less than 5% of the time. Join a team creating next-generation, energy-efficient HVAC equipment in La Crosse, WI.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics or related)
- 1-3 years of control theory experience
- Classical control knowledge (PID control, linear control, digital filtering)
- System modeling expertise (Proficiency with Matlab Simulink, and optionally Stateflow)
- Understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics
- Programming skills in C++ with the ability to learn new programming languages
- Mobility within the office
- Frequent keyboarding
- Ability to travel to Trane Business Locations
- Able to travel overnight; less than 5% of the time
- Knowledge of heat transfer, refrigeration systems, thermodynamics
- Knowledge of HVAC compressor technologies
- Knowledge of HVAC control strategy
- Knowledge of data analysis
- Laboratory experience
- Knowledge of sensors and actuators
- Knowledge of HVAC equipment sequence of operations
- Knowledge of HVAC system modeling
- Linear Systems and Control
- Non-Linear Systems and Control
- Optimal Control
- Machine Learning
- Applied Linear Algebra
- Numerical Analysis
- HVAC Fundamentals
- Thermodynamics
- Object Oriented Analysis & Design
- C++, C, Python programming
- Matlab/Simulink
- Modelica
- C++ programming
- Python
- Knowledge of HVAC control strategy
- Knowledge of data analysis
- Laboratory experience
- Knowledge of sensors and actuators
- Knowledge of HVAC equipment sequence of operations
- Knowledge of HVAC system modeling
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree preferred
- Advanced control knowledge (modern control theory, model predictive control, non-linear control, adaptive control)
- Experience with product development processes
- Experience with HVAC Systems and Components
- Ability to effectively communicate with others both written and orally
- Knowledge of HVAC control strategy
- Knowledge of data analysis
- Laboratory experience
- Knowledge of sensors and actuators
- Knowledge of HVAC equipment sequence of operations
- Knowledge of HVAC system modeling
- Linear Systems and Control
- Non-Linear Systems and Control
- Optimal Control
- Machine Learning
- Applied Linear Algebra
- Numerical Analysis
- HVAC Fundamentals
- Thermodynamics
- Object Oriented Analysis & Design
- C++, C, Python programming
- Matlab/Simulink
- Modelica
- C++ programming
- Python
- Knowledge of HVAC control strategy
- Knowledge of data analysis
- Laboratory experience
- Knowledge of sensors and actuators
- Knowledge of HVAC equipment sequence of operations
- Knowledge of HVAC system modeling
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