Senior Mobile Systems Controls Engineer - Hands-On Leader

Jobot; Glendale Heights (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary up to 130k

Bonus opportunity

Hands-on senior role

Mobile machine systems

OEM exposure

Cross-disciplinary scope

10% travel

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Senior Software & Controls Engineer to join our Advanced Systems team, developing sophisticated control solutions for mobile and off-highway equipment. This hands-on player-coach role requires writing controls software while guiding the team's technical execution, mentoring engineers, and improving development processes.

You’ll work directly with controllers, HMIs, sensors, CAN networks, hydraulics, and other vehicle systems to deliver customer-specific solutions, with travel

Qualifications

• 5+ years of controls, machine controls, embedded controls, or related engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on programming experience with CODESYS, Structured Text, C/C++, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar environments.
• Ability to lead projects, mentor team members, and improve engineering processes.
• Experience programming controllers used to control physical equipment or machinery.
• Systems mindset to understand how software, electronics, controls, hydraulics, and machinery interact.

Responsibilities

• Develop application software for electronic control of mobile and off-highway machines.
• Serve as hands-on technical leader for software and controls projects while continuing to write code.
• Guide team members, review approaches, and support complex controls projects.
• Drive improvements to software development processes, coding practices, testing, and documentation.
• Program using CODESYS, Structured Text, C/C++, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar environments.
• Integrate controllers, HMIs, displays, sensors, CAN networks, hydraulics, and other systems.
• Test, troubleshoot, and validate software in lab and on vehicles.

Skills

CODESYS

Structured Text

C/C++

MATLAB/Simulink

Technical leadership

Education

Associate degree in a technical discipline

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

CODESYS

Job description

Jobot is seeking a Senior Software & Controls Engineer to join our Advanced Systems team, developing sophisticated control solutions for mobile and off-highway equipment. This hands-on player-coach role requires writing controls software while guiding the team's technical execution, mentoring engineers, and improving development processes.

You’ll work directly with controllers, HMIs, sensors, CAN networks, hydraulics, and other vehicle systems to deliver customer-specific solutions, with travel