Hybrid C/C++ Controls Engineer — AI in Industrial Systems

Wave Recruitment; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Wave Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing scale-up to bring AI into the control loop of real industrial systems. You will join the applications team, applying the underlying AI framework to real hardware—from motors to furnaces—at customer sites and in the lab.

Expect to move between writing software, wiring controllers, and standing over test rigs with an oscilloscope; with a small team, your impact and direction are genuinely yours.

Qualifications

• Degree in Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechatronics or similar.
• Experience with industrial control systems such as PLCs and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).
• Strong Python and C/C++ programming.
• Comfortable across software and hardware boundaries; self-directed.

Responsibilities

• System identification and characterization of electromechanical and dynamic systems.
• Building test rigs and procedures to improve digital twin accuracy.
• System integration and field testing, including on customer sites.
• Developing and improving control software for real-world deployments.
• Contributing to digital twin models and AI controller development.

Skills

Python

C/C++

PLC & VFDs

Self-directed

Hardware-software integration

Industrial control

Education

Degree in Control Engineering

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Degree in Physics

Degree in Mechatronics

Tools

Oscilloscope

Test rigs

Job description

Wave Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing scale-up to bring AI into the control loop of real industrial systems. You will join the applications team, applying the underlying AI framework to real hardware—from motors to furnaces—at customer sites and in the lab.

Expect to move between writing software, wiring controllers, and standing over test rigs with an oscilloscope; with a small team, your impact and direction are genuinely yours.