Principal Controls Software Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; North Haven (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in North Haven, CT is seeking a senior control systems engineer to design feedback control algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink and review models for quality. You will research advanced control methods to improve closed-loop performance and update software to support released products.

The role requires collaboration with software, systems engineering and validation groups. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience or an advanced

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years with an advanced degree.
• Strong MATLAB/Simulink modelling and simulation experience.
• Experience designing position, velocity, and torque feedback controllers.
• Familiarity with multi-body kinematics/dynamics and reduced-order modelling.

Responsibilities

• Design feedback control algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink and review models for quality.
• Research advanced control methods to improve closed-loop performance.
• Update/tune software to support released products.
• Test new controllers on hardware from prototype to released hardware.
• Collaborate with software, systems engineering and validation groups; participate in design reviews.
• Define and review software requirements and document architecture and tests.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

PID control

Multi-body dynamics

Position/velocity/torque control

Discrete signal processing

Optimization-based control

English fluency

C++ basics

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree + 7 years experience

Advanced degree +5 years experience

Tools

C++

Linux

Job description

Job Description

• Design feedback control algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink using classical PID control laws and act as an independent reviewer of MATLAB/Simulink models to ensure that all software meets quality standards.
• Research advanced control methods and their potential for improving closed-loop system performance.
• Update/tune existing software implementation to support released products.
• Reduce order modelling of system/subsystem that enables efficient exploration of controller design space.
• Integrate and test new controller designs on hardware with different maturity levels: prototype to released hardware.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of verification methods.
• Partner with the greater software organization, systems engineering, and validation groups and prepare and participate in design reviews.
• Define and review software requirements, and document or participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, anomaly tracking and reports.

Must Haves

• A Bachelor’s Degree with 7 years of relevant working experience, or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant working experience
• Proficient in use of modelling & simulation software (MATLAB/Simulink strongly preferred)
• Familiarity with multi-body kinematics and dynamics
• Experience in design and implementation of position, velocity, and torque feedback controllers
• Knowledge of discrete signal processing methods and algorithms and experience with reduced order modelling of mechatronic systems
• Knowledge of techniques used for real-time estimation of uncertain parameters
• Experience in implementation of advanced control algorithms, as an example, Optimization based control methods
• Fluency in English

Nice to Haves

• Experience with real-time software on microprocessor-based systems and developing software in a Linux environment
• Integrating mechanical and electrical hardware and software, particularly in an embedded context
• Medical product development process highly desired-regulator processes, safety considerations, hands‑on experience with medical/surgical devices/instruments
• Experience with a big company with matrix structures, having already worked with cross functional teams within an international environment.
• Experience in prototype level C++ coding
• Experience in open-ended, robotics research projects