Principal Control System Engineer

Working within a well known Manufacturers this role is an inital contract until 30 June 2024 (outside out of IR35)

Its a maximum of 40 hours per week and there could be some occcasional travel inside and outside of the UK.

JOB SUMMARY:

To design, develop and implement software-based Control Systems to ensure hybrid products and technologies meet functional and performance requirements.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Product Development

• Conduct analysis of dynamic systems and software requirements and investigate solutions to implement the embedded software
• Integrate and validate inhouse and third-party SW components
• Develop software compliance documentation e.g. A-SPICE, IS026262
• Design and implement the embedded software components to meet specifications or change requests
• Develop test plans to validate Control Systems and software implementations
• Perform unit, functional and integration testing of software
• Support software release for integration into prototype machines and provide associated Control System and software documentation
• Generate calibration to meet functional and performance targets
• Support functional testing of software on prototype machines
• Release SW and basic calibrations for both internal and external customers
• Support investigation into Control System and software failures and initiate corrective action
• Facilitate software reviews and quality analysis meetings
• Train, mentor and support the software engineers in the team
• Support project leader and manager during the software audits
• Support test/commissioning activities at both onsite, offsite and customer locations
• Support legacy projects and products
• Liaise with customer for quicker issue resolutions
• Develop Control Systems in Model Based design and auto code generation

Project Management

• Follow the product/project timing plan and key milestones for SW deliveries
• Ensure all Control Systems and software activities follow Tenneco development process and procedures, providing technical evidence and maintaining auditable records required to maintain the Tenneco quality management system
• Support project and resource managers with information on software development needs to ensure accurate planning and allocation of resources
• Provide software input at team meetings and reviews
• Provide customers, suppliers and partners with necessary technical information to support customer projects as required
• Perform any other duty required by the line manager commensurate with the post

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in automotive software development, preferably in powertrain/chassis/similar safety-critical domain

REQUIREMENTS:

Core Competencies - Technologies

· Motor control algorithm development

· Optimisation of Calibration parameters

· Control SW modelling and auto-coding

· SW and Control System development Switched Reluctance Machine

· AUTOSAR Based Application Software Development

· Switched Reluctance Machine and associated Control systems

· High Voltage DC-DC converters

· Hard real-time operating system

· SW modelling and auto-coding

· Model Based System Engineering

· SW verification and validation: HIL, MIL, SIL, PIL, white-box and black-box testing.

· LIN, CAN, CAN-FD

· ECU Calibration, CCP, XCP

· Low level drivers, boot loaders

· SW static and dynamic analysis

· Use of debugger, logic analysers, oscilloscopes etc.

Tools

· Modelling: Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, TargetLink

· Hardware: Infineon Tricore

· Coding and scripting: C

· Compilers: Tasking

· AUTOSAR: Vector DaVinci Developer and Configurator, CANdela, ODX Authoring tools

· Modelling and Auto coding: Matlab, Simulink, StateFlow, Embedded Coder, Simulink Verification and Validation toolbox;

· Calibration and data logging: Vector CANape, CANalyser

· SW version management: Bitbucket, GIT, SVN

Standards & frameworks:

· SW Engineering: V Cycle, Agile, UML

· AUTOSAR v4.0 or above

· A-SPICE

· ISO 26262

· MISRA C

· OBD, OBD2, J1979 based diagnostics

· ASAP2