Senior Vehicle Controls Engineer

Globaldev Group; Georgia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Globaldev Group is seeking a hands-on Senior Vehicle Controls Engineer to own the systems that convert a planned trajectory into safe, stable, and comfortable steering, braking, and acceleration commands on a real vehicle.

You will design, implement, tune, and test vehicle-control systems on real vehicles, developing production-quality real-time software in C++ or C, and work with CAN bus, vehicle signals, and actuator interfaces.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, tuning and testing vehicle-control systems on real vehicles
• Experience with lateral and/or longitudinal control for cars or autonomous vehicles
• Strong understanding of feedback control, stability, dynamic systems, and vehicle dynamics
• Experience with steering, throttle, braking, or drive-by-wire systems
• Experience with CAN bus, vehicle signals, and actuator interfaces
• Ability to develop production-quality real-time control software in C++, C, or similar
• Experience with Python, MATLAB or equivalent for modeling, system identification, and log analysis
• Strong debugging and real-world testing skills
• Ability to work directly with vehicle hardware and participate in track or road testing
• Demonstrated control system from design through deployment including tuning, validation and safety mechanisms

Responsibilities

• Own the systems that convert a planned trajectory into steering, braking, and acceleration commands on a real vehicle
• Design, implement, tune, and test vehicle-control systems on real physical vehicles
• Develop production-quality real-time control software in C++, C, or another suitable real-time language
• Work with CAN bus, vehicle signals, and actuator command interfaces
• Model, simulate, and test controllers using Python, MATLAB, or equivalent; perform log analysis and system identification
• Demonstrate and validate control systems through track or road testing; ensure safety mechanisms are in place

Skills

Vehicle control systems

Real-time control software

C++

Python

MATLAB

Vehicle dynamics

CAN bus

Hardware testing

Track testing

Debugging

Tools

ROS

MATLAB/Simulink

CarSim

dSPACE

Openpilot

IPG CarMaker

Job description

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Vehicle Controls Engineer to own the systems that convert a planned trajectory into safe, stable, and comfortable steering, braking, and acceleration commands on a real vehicle.

• Proven experience designing, implementing, tuning, and testing vehicle-control systems on real physical vehicles
• Experience with lateral and/or longitudinal control for cars, autonomous vehicles, mobile machinery, or similar wheeled vehicles
• Strong understanding of feedback control, stability, dynamic systems, and vehicle dynamics
• Experience with steering, throttle, braking, or drive-by-wire systems
• Experience with CAN bus, vehicle signals, and actuator command interfaces
• Ability to develop production-quality real-time control software in C++, C, or another suitable real-time language
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, or equivalent for modeling, system identification, log analysis, and controller evaluation
• Strong debugging and real-world testing skills
• Ability to work directly with vehicle hardware and participate in track or road testing
• Ability to demonstrate at least one control system taken from design through physical deployment, including tuning, validation, performance measurement, and safety mechanisms

Nice-to-have skills:

• Passenger-car ADAS or autonomous-driving development
• Electronic power steering, brake-by-wire, throttle control, ESC, or vehicle motion-control systems
• Model Predictive Control (MPC), optimal control, robust control, or nonlinear control
• State estimation, observers, sensor fusion, or tyre-force estimation
• Embedded Linux, RTOS, or safety-critical real-time systems
• Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or vehicle-in-the-loop testing
• Functional safety, including ISO 26262 or SOTIF
• Experience with Openpilot, Autoware, Apollo, ROS, MATLAB/Simulink, CarSim, IPG CarMaker, dSPACE, or similar platforms