Controls Engineer

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner for Advanced Capabilities at Oshkosh Corporation

The Oshkosh Corporation Vocational segment leverages the power of our people, brands, and strength in technology to improve the safety, cleanliness, and productivity of our communities. The Vocational segment includes market‑leading brands such as McNeilus, Oshkosh S‑Series, IMT, Pierce, MAXIMETAL, Oshkosh Airport Products, and Frontline Communications. Our purpose‑built products serve our communities with carefully designed and engineered refuse trucks, front‑discharge mixer trucks, fire apparatus, Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting trucks, service vehicles, and command trucks.

Our products are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

This position will work onsite from the Murfreesboro, TN location.

• Under close supervision, perform basic engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks.
• Deliver results according to Oshkosh and general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Support Senior Engineers in preparing basic plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Under close supervision, work on projects of limited complexity in a support role.
• Work in collaboration with software engineering and other internal engineering groups or business support disciplines as well as external component suppliers.
• Support advanced vehicle system controls research, development, verification, and validation; testing and production implementation.
• Support development of control strategies in a virtual simulation environment using modeling tools (such as ADAMS, Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow, AMEsim, etc.) or hardware‑in‑the‑loop simulators.
• Support internal project teams on advanced control development efforts and on component development efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

• Accredited Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or related field with internship or co‑op experience focusing on controls or software development.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering; a major in control focus is a plus.
• Knowledge of Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow.
• Course project knowledge of control systems, sensors, and actuators.
• Experience with automotive or heavy‑duty on or off‑road vehicles, digital data bus, including Ethernet or Controller Area Network (CAN).
• Embedded software/C, C#, or Python programming experience.
• Proficient troubleshooting of Wabco, John Deere, and Allison systems.

• Internal contacts: effective communication with peers and others, gathering factual information, and handling sensitive or confidential data.
• External contacts: limited external communication to gather information or provide assistance.
• Communication skills: reads, writes, and comprehends instructions, correspondences, memos, safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedures.
• Decision‑making: makes responsible decisions based on evaluated information.
• Problem solving: handles structured work with decision choices within standard policy and procedures.
• Supervisory/managerial: instructs, schedules, and reviews work of others performing similar tasks; acts as a lead worker.

• Physical demands: frequent standing, walking/running, sitting, reaching, hearing, talking, vision, typing; occasional driving, fine dexterity, manual dexterity; upper‑extremity repetitive motion; seldom lifting/carrying 25 lbs, pushing/pulling 25 lbs.
• Non‑physical demands: frequent analysis, reasoning, communication, math, reading, sustained mental activity, writing.
• Environmental demands: frequent work alone, frequent task changes, tedious/exacting work; occasional high‑volume public contact.
• Work schedule:
  
  routine shift hours; infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
• Demands/deadlines: occasional stress from deadlines or workload due to intermittent or cyclical work pressures; occasional exposure to distressed individuals.

$68,600.00 – $ (U.S. locations). Individual pay is determined by factors such as scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and equity among team members.

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