Senior Controls Engineer – Autonomous Heavy Machinery

AIM; Redmond; On-site; AUD 172,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

AIM builds autonomy for real-world robots that move mountains, combining software, hardware, and robotics to turn heavy equipment into intelligent machines. We seek a Controls Engineer to develop control systems that ensure precision, reliability, and safety on heavy earthmoving machines.

You will model physics, implement production software, and work directly with hardware to understand machine behavior, owning results and collaborating with software, electrical, mechanical, and field teams.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and tuning controllers on physical systems.
• Strong foundation in feedback control, dynamic systems, stability, and discrete-time implementation.
• Proficiency in C++ and experience with Python or MATLAB for analysis and development.
• Ability to diagnose problems across software, sensors, actuators, and mechanical systems.
• Clear communication, ownership, and hands-on work with machines.

Responsibilities

• Develop machine control algorithms and tune controllers for machine motion.
• Translate motion targets into coordinated actuator commands considering dynamics and limits.
• Improve tracking, responsiveness, stability, and repeatability across conditions.
• Build calibration and testing procedures repeatable across machines.
• Implement production control software with reliable interfaces and tests.
• Collaborate with planning, state estimation, embedded, and hardware teams to integrate controllers.
• Validate performance through simulation, bench tests, and field trials; analyze telemetry.

Skills

C++

Python

MATLAB

Real-time control

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Robotics

Tools

CAN

Job description

AIM builds autonomy for real-world robots that move mountains, combining software, hardware, and robotics to turn heavy equipment into intelligent machines. We seek a Controls Engineer to develop control systems that ensure precision, reliability, and safety on heavy earthmoving machines.

You will model physics, implement production software, and work directly with hardware to understand machine behavior, owning results and collaborating with software, electrical, mechanical, and field teams.