Control Systems Engineer - Brake Systems

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Engineering

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• Develop of EH brake and brake‑by‑wire control algorithms, including service brake control, diagnostics, fault handling, and system state management.
• Use industry‑standard tools, such as Matlab, Simulink, and AUTOSAR tools, to develop embedded control algorithms for service brake torque control, arbitration, diagnostics, and state estimation
• Implement scalable brake control architectures that support multiple machine platforms while allowing platform‑specific variation.
  • Develop controls to enable advanced braking features, such as anti‑lock braking (ABS), traction control, retarding control, hill start, shift braking, collision mitigation, and autonomy‑related features.
• Support brake controls interfaces between machine systems, autonomy/assist features, and brake mechatronics, ensuring consistent and well‑documented interfaces.
• Provide support for functional safety‑related braking software, including support of ISO 19014, ISO 13849, and ISO 3450 requirements.
• Collaborate with hydraulic, electrical, and hardware teams on valve selection, redundancy concepts, ECM allocation, and diagnostic coverage.
• Support system integration, machine validation, and issue resolution for EH brake systems in development and production.
• Collaborate with hardware, hydraulics, and software teams to align valve hardware, sensors, ECMs, and control logic.
• Support functional safety via ISO 19014, including safety goal definition, hazard analysis, and alignment with ISO brake standards.

• Foundational EH brake architectures that enable automation‑ready and autonomy‑ready machines.
• Reusable brake control software that reduces development cost while improving consistency across platforms.
• Advanced braking features that improve machine safety, cont rollability, and performance for both manned and unmanned operation.

• BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or related field.

• Problem Solving:
  Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Embedded Systems:
  Knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within.
• Technical Troubleshooting:
  Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.
• Product Development:
  Knowledge of methodologies, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build new products.
• Product Testing:
  Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
• Analytical Thinking:
  Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

• Experience in embedded control systems for mobile equipment or automotive applications.
• Experience developing software with Model‑based tools, such as the Matlab/Simulink environment and AUTOSAR toolsets
• Experience in embedded C/C++ development. Knowledge of diagnostics, fault detection, redundancy management, and degraded‑mode operation for safety‑critical systems.
• Experience working with functional safety and braking system compliance…