Controls & Software Engineering Lead

We are working with an established engineering and manufacturing business to appoint a Controls & Software Engineering Lead to take a senior role within its engineering function. This is a key technical leadership position with responsibility for helping shape the development of advanced control systems and embedded software across a range of complex mobile equipment and vehicle platforms. Working across conventional, hybrid and fully electric technologies, you will provide technical direction across control strategy, software architecture, electronic systems integration, validation and functional safety.

The technology incorporates ECUs, motors, drives, engines, actuators, energy storage systems, sensors and increasingly sophisticated autonomous and connected systems. This is not simply a PLC programming position. The successful individual will be expected to operate as a senior engineering authority, influencing technical decisions, driving engineering standards and supporting the successful delivery of multiple development programmes. You will work closely with electrical, mechanical and wider engineering teams, helping create scalable and standardised control solutions that can be deployed across future product platforms.

• Provide senior technical leadership across controls, embedded software and electronic systems development.
• Help define the overall control systems and software strategy across multiple product platforms.
• Translate vehicle and machine functionality requirements into functional software specifications and robust software architectures.
• Develop control solutions using platforms such as CoDeSYS, Danfoss PLUS+1, MATLAB and Simulink.
• Define electronic systems and select appropriate hardware platforms, balancing technical performance, environmental requirements, reliability and cost.
• Lead the integration of ECUs, motors, drives, engines, actuators, energy storage systems and sensors.
• Ensure reliable communication between electronic systems using technologies and protocols including SAE J1939, CAN, CANopen and Ethernet.
• Provide technical guidance throughout the complete development lifecycle, from initial concept through integration, testing, validation and final delivery.
• Promote structured software development methodologies including the V-Model, model-based design, functional safety and security principles.
• Support the development of autonomous, connected and remotely monitored vehicle technologies.
• Drive software standardisation and the reuse of proven software components across multiple product ranges.
• Develop and maintain technical specifications, engineering standards and associated documentation.
• Establish robust approaches to software configuration, documentation, traceability and change control.
• Lead and support vehicle-level validation, including Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing.
• Support fault insertion testing, functional validation and design verification activities.
• Provide technical input into engineering project plans and support the delivery of multiple programmes.
• Work collaboratively with Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing and other engineering disciplines to develop fully integrated systems.
• Support prototype development and testing in both workshop and field environments.
• Contribute to engineering risk and root-cause activities including FMEA, 8D, risk assessments and cause-and-effect analysis.
• Act as a senior technical point of reference, helping raise engineering capability and best practice across the wider team.

We are looking for an experienced controls, embedded software or systems engineering professional who is ready to take on a highly influential technical leadership position.

• A degree in Electronic Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant experience within an OEM, Tier 1, automotive, off-highway, mobile machinery or similar engineering environment.
• Strong experience developing control or embedded software for complex machinery or vehicle applications.
• Experience…