Technical Specialist - Controls Engineering

carrier; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible schedules and leave policy

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation invites applications for a Technical Specialist - Controls Engineering in Hyderabad. The role leads a team of controls engineers, drives model-based design, and oversees MIL/SIL/HIL verification across HVAC product lines.

You will collaborate with system engineers to decompose requirements and advance control architectures. The ideal candidate holds MS/PhD in Control Systems or Mechanical Engineering with extensive hands-on experience in high-performance controls,

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Control Systems or Mechanical Engineering with extensive controls development experience.
• Strong background in model-based design and control theory.
• Experience leading small cross-disciplinary teams and delivering results.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5-7 controls engineers to design robust high-quality on-time solutions.
• Provide technical oversight and ensure model-based design processes are followed.
• Lead initiatives to improve quality and efficiency through tech advancement.
• Capture requirements with system engineers and decompose them with traceability.
• Develop control architectures for PLC, RCP and HIL setups and drive testing.
• Automate testing frameworks to enable AI-driven savings.
• Analyze MIL results and support lab testing and fleet bug fixes.

Skills

Model-based design

Control systems

Feedback control

System identification

Optimization

MATLAB tooling

MIL/SIL/HIL

Education

M.S. or Ph.D. in Control Systems or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Version control

Lab testing

Job description

Job Title – Technical Specialist - Controls Engineering

Preferred Location - Hyderabad, India

Full time/Part Time - Full Time

Build a career with confidence Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do.

Summary:

The Controls COE is focused on delivering innovative and robust designs solutions for Carrier HVAC products. We operate across the entire Carrier product portfolio, providing a unique and dynamic opportunity to collaborate with multiple BUs across the organization. Our team supports the full MBD controls product lifecycle - including design, development, MIL verification, troubleshooting, and lab validations. This enables controls engineers to gain hands-on experience across all stages, from conceptual design and lab validation to field trials and fleet support.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 5-7 controls engineers to design and deliver stable and robust high-quality on-time controls solutions

• Support in project planning, design, execution, mitigating risks and conducting technical reviews.

• Provide technical oversight to work performed, ensuring appropriate processes & methods are applied, in accordance with a model-based design (MBD) philosophy

• Lead strategic initiatives for the controls COE to improve organizational quality and efficiency through technology advancement and process improvement

• Work with system engineers in capturing high level system requirements and structurally decompose them ensuring requirement traceability

• Derive control architecture and early-stage design over physical modules (e.g. PLC, RCP and HIL set-ups)

• Recommend design considerations to equipment design and systems engineering team

• Automate testing framework to generate soft/AI savings

• Analyze MIL results, support psychrometric laboratory testing and fleet bugs.

Skillset needed:

• Proficient knowledge of controls engineering foundations and model-based design concepts, including feedback control, linear/nonlinear control, multivariable control, system identification, and optimization

• Proficient in the use of Matlab-based toolsets to early-stage design on RCP and MIL, implement solutions and lab validations.

• Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision

• Proven ability to lead small cross-disciplinary teams of engineers to deliver large scope projects

• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering results through effective project management and teamwork

• Ability to work hands-on in psychrometric laboratory environments to collect and analyze data

• Experience with industrial control applications

• Experience with vapor-compression cycles, including heat exchangers and turbomachinery compression technologies

• Expertise in heat transfer, two-phase flow, and thermodynamic cycle analytical skills

• Experience with software development lifecycle best practices, including version control, change management, release management

• Good familiarity with advanced controls like predictive, robust and AI based Intelligent control.

• Experience in requirements management and system integration, specifically test strategies across model-in-the-loop (MIL), software-in-the-loop (SIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) domains

• Strong technical writing skills with ability to produce clear, concise documentation

• Experience in developing and calibrating physics-based models

Minimum Requirements:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Control Systems or Mechanical Engineering with min 9 years’ experience in controls application development.

Benefits:

• We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.

• Have peace of mind and body with our health insurance

• Make yourself a priority with flexible schedules and leave Policy

• Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Program.

Our commitment to you Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.

Join us and make a difference.

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.