Vehicle Controls Prototyping Intern

PACCAR; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k with up to 5% company match

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Sick Leave

FSA/HSA

EAP services and growth opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

PACCAR’s Vehicle Controls Engineering internship in Kirkland, WA invites students to support development and prototyping of vehicle control functions using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow. You will model, simulate and demonstrate control strategies before production.

The role suits students in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering or related fields, with coursework or projects in controls and robotics; collaboration across systems, software and integration teams; GUI demos.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Aerospace, Robotics, Mechatronics, CS or related field.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink through coursework, research, internships or projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and systems-thinking skills.
• Understanding of feedback control systems, state machines or modeling concepts.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements and translate into logical models.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently within a collaborative engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop desktop prototypes of vehicle control features using MATLAB and Simulink.
• Create and maintain Stateflow logic models representing functional and behavioral requirements.
• Collaborate with systems, controls, software and integration engineers to understand feature requirements.
• Translate functional requirements and use cases into executable control models and simulations.
• Design simple GUIs to demonstrate control feature functionality and customer use cases.
• Evaluate control strategies through simulation and analysis for performance improvements.
• Support verification of control logic through desktop testing and scenario-based simulations.
• Document modeling assumptions, algorithms, tests and results.
• Present prototype functionality and simulation results to engineering stakeholders.
• Follow established processes and contribute to a cross-functional development environment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Communication

Independent work

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Mechanical/Computer Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, Mechatronics or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Stateflow

MATLAB App Designer

Job description

PACCAR’s Vehicle Controls Engineering internship in Kirkland, WA invites students to support development and prototyping of vehicle control functions using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow. You will model, simulate and demonstrate control strategies before production.

The role suits students in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering or related fields, with coursework or projects in controls and robotics; collaboration across systems, software and integration teams; GUI demos.