Senior Controls Engineer — Autonomous Rail Vehicles

Parallel Systems, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to lead modeling, simulation, and real-time control software for autonomous rail vehicles. You will develop plant models, design control algorithms, and validate them in MIL, SIL, and HITL before hardware deployment.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in control software for physical systems, strong MATLAB/Simulink and Python/C++ skills, and a proven track record of rigorous verification and robust implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing control software for physical systems with modeling and simulation.
• Strong understanding of PID, state-space, observers, system dynamics, and system identification.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, or similar languages used in simulation and embedded systems.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Isaac Sim or equivalent Python-based tools, and MIL/SIL/HIL workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain vehicle dynamics, powertrain, and braking models for controller analysis.
• Design control algorithms and validate them in simulation before embedding to hardware.
• Build and own MIL, HOOTL, and HITL environments to verify software ahead of testing.
• Derive sensor and actuator requirements from models to meet performance needs.
• Correlate simulation results with test data to improve model fidelity.
• Support system integration and vehicle testing with simulated debugging.
• Ensure high reliability, safety, and performance in all control software.

Skills

Control theory

PID control

State-space methods

Observers

System identification

C/C++

Python

Simulation

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's or Master of Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Isaac Sim

Gazebo

Omniverse

MIL/SIL/HIL testing workflows

Job description

Parallel Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to lead modeling, simulation, and real-time control software for autonomous rail vehicles. You will develop plant models, design control algorithms, and validate them in MIL, SIL, and HITL before hardware deployment.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in control software for physical systems, strong MATLAB/Simulink and Python/C++ skills, and a proven track record of rigorous verification and robust implementations.