Application Engineer - Automotive Software

MathWorks; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks in the United Kingdom offers a hybrid work model allowing time between the office and home. As a Senior Application Engineer, you will apply modelling, simulation, and programming to help UK and Northern European automotive engineers leverage MATLAB and Simulink to improve productivity and developer experience.

You will analyse customer models, propose projects, and collaborate with development to shape the future of MathWorks tools, delivering technically challenging solutions and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 6+ years’ experience (or master’s with 3+ years) or PhD.
• Experience designing, simulating, and implementing control systems in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience developing simulation models for automotive and/or aerospace applications (or equivalent).
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work on multiple technical projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Help automotive customers adopt MATLAB, Simulink and related tools.
• Analyse customer models, workflows and challenges to improve productivity and developer experience.
• Scope and propose projects and evaluations addressing pain points and enabling new technology adoption.
• Advance automotive embedded software development by leveraging AI tools.
• Deliver projects by solving demanding technical problems in modelling, simulation, control, estimation and software engineering.
• Work with MathWorks development to advocate for customers to influence future product direction.

Skills

Communication skills

Multi-project management

Engineering fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

C/C++

Job description

Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.

There are rapid technology changes taking place in the Automotive industry as manufacturers and suppliers adopt and refine electrified powertrains, and deliver Software-Defined Vehicles. MATLAB and Simulink are at the heart of these engineering transformations, providing the tools and capabilities to engineers to deliver cutting-edge passenger cars, trucks, and racing machines.

As a Senior Application Engineer, you will use your technical expertise in modelling, simulation, and programming to help UK and Northern European automotive engineers at major OEM and Formula 1™ accounts to have the most productive and enjoyable experience of using MathWorks tools. You will help them deliver incredible technology, and partner with them to solve their hardest engineering problems.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

Helping our largest automotive customers to be successful in their adoption of MATLAB, Simulink and related tools, enabling them to evolve and improve their productivity and developer experience by

• Analysing customer models, tools and workflows at the team, department and organisation levels
• Understanding the challenges and opportunites to improve that will impact their business
• Scoping and proposing projects and evaluations that will address pain points and enable them to adopt new technology and methods
• Advancing automotive embedded software development by leveraging AI tools
• Delivering projects by solving demanding technical problems in modelling, simulation, control, estimation and software engineering
• Working with MathWorks development to advocate for customers to influence the future direction of MathWorks products

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

The successful candidate must have:

• Strong first degree in Engineering (or equivalent)
• Experience designing, simulating, and implementing control systems models in MATLAB and Simulink
• Experience developing and using simulation models of mechanical and/or electrical systems for automotive and/or aerospace applications (or equivalent)
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work on multiple technical projects concurrently

In addition, experience in the following areas will be advantageous:

• Scoping and leading technical projects
• Dev/Ops tools and technologies: configuring CI systems, cloud collaboration environments (e.g. GitLab), containers
• Embedded software in C/C++