Engineer, Embedded Software

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The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world‑class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in.

With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenure, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

This E4 role provides technical ownership of traction control, electric and hydraulic motor‑control integration, and third‑party controllers within the drivetrain. Your work will connect software, electronics, controls, and machine behavior to deliver safe, reliable, and high‑performing Toro products.

• Drivetrain Ownership:
  Own embedded software and system integration for traction‑control functions and drivetrain controllers across multiple machine programs.
• Controls‑Focused Engineering:
  Apply closed‑loop control concepts, state machines, diagnostics, calibration, and real‑time software to improve machine response and cont rollability.
• Supplier Controller Integration:
  Lead the technical integration and lifecycle management of third‑party motor controllers and other drivetrain electronic control units.
• Real‑World Results:
  Validate control behavior on machines and use test data to resolve system‑level issues involving software, electronics, motors, sensors, networks, and mechanical loads.
• Design, develop, debug, and release embedded software for traction‑control and drivetrain systems.
• Develop and tune control strategies for propulsion, speed and torque requests, direction control, limits, interlocks, derating, and fault responses.
• Integrate electric or hydraulic motor‑control components with Toro machine controllers, sensors, operator controls, and vehicle networks.
• Own technical interfaces to third‑party drivetrain controllers, including requirements, network messages, configuration, calibration, diagnostics, firmware compatibility, and change control.
• Partner with suppliers to review controller capabilities, resolve defects, manage software or firmware updates, and verify that delivered components meet Toro system requirements.
• Apply machine‑network communication best practices to deliver robust, deterministic, real‑time behavior, with emphasis on CAN‑based systems and J1939 where applicable.
• Define system and software requirements, interface specifications, acceptance criteria, and verification plans for drivetrain functions.
• Analyze complex system‑level issues across multiple projects and priorities using logs, network traces, measurements, simulation, bench testing, and machine testing.
• Prototype and validate designs for performance, safety, reliability, diagnostics, and applicable compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with systems, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, test, manufacturing, service, and product teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Contribute to technical planning by refining backlogs, estimating work, identifying risks and dependencies, and supporting pipeline‑based development and release processes.
• Mentor less‑experienced engineers and provide technical guidance in embedded controls, drivetrain integration, debugging, and engineering practices.
• Document designs, calibrations, interfaces, test evidence,…