Principal Engineer - Controls
$91,500–$148,100 year
On-siteOrlando, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Lead vehicle control strategy development and verification for engine, hybrid, and electric systems across on-road and off-road applications. Manage project schedules, establish resource estimates, and deliver plans using virtual simulation tools like ADAMS, Matlab/Simulink, and hardware-in-the-loop simulators. Collaborate with software engineering groups, external suppliers, and industry consortiums to support feasibility studies, proposal funding, and production implementation of control strategies. Provide mentorship to entry-level engineers and research standard engineering methodologies. Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering with five to eight years of experience in automotive or heavy-duty vehicle control systems.
Required Qualifications
- Accredited Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical Engineering
- Five (5) or more years of related experience
- Automotive or heavy-duty vehicle background with vehicle control system experience
- Work experience in automotive or heavy-duty vehicle CAN bus and architecture
- Work experience in Mathworks, dSPACE or Vector tools and Autosar
- Embedded software development experiences using C/C++/C# or Python
- Regular attendance
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical Engineering and eight (8) or more years of related experience
- Master's degree in mechanical or electrical Engineering and five (5) or more years of related experience
- Ph.D. degree in mechanical or electrical Engineering with two (2) or more years of related experience
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