Controls Engineer Team Lead

Pay Rate: $104-173K per year

Location: New Hudson, MI

Work Mode: Onsite

Summary:

• Direct Hire opportunity
• ITAR position. No dual citizenship
• Monday-Friday 8AM - 5PM (additional effort may be required to meet project deadlines)
• Travel: 10% Mostly in the Great Lakes region to test sites

Responsibilities:

• Oversee a small team responsible for controls and software development, system integration, characterization, and testing
• Provide direct supervision and career development to 2-7 direct reports
• Support performance management, recruitment, and process development
• Lead technical execution of embedded controls and software scope
• Define controls architecture, platform, and functionality
• Ensure compliance with software standards and program requirements
• Support customer interactions, technical reviews, and proposal efforts
• Formulate multi-domain models of mechanical, hydraulic, and electronic systems
• Support design, selection, and integration of electronic components
• Troubleshoot and resolve system and electrical issues

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Automotive, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Mechatronic Systems
• Minimum 6 years of engineering experience
• Experience in embedded controls, motion control and/or embedded Linux
• Experience leading and building small high performing teams of 5-10
• Experience in resource management and mentorship

Preferred Skills:

• Embedded software in C/C++ on microcontrollers, Linux, or RTOS-based platforms
• System modeling and simulation in MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow
• Embedded Model-Based Development tools (Simulink/Stateflow Coder, MotoHawk, Raptor, OpenECU, dSPACE)
• Vehicle/system level simulation (ADAMS, Dymola, CarSim/ TruckSim, FMI/FMU)
• Classical control techniques including PID, lead–lag compensation, loop shaping, root locus design, feedforward control, and cascaded loop architectures
• Modern control techniques including state-space modeling, LQR/LQG, Kalman Filtering, Model Predictive Control (MPC), robust control and MIMO system design
• Knowledge of MIL Standards for software, electronics, communications, cyber and functional safety (MIL-STD-498, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-882E, DO-178C, DO-254)
• Networking protocols and standards (Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, EtherCAT, DDS, TSN)
• Automotive protocols (CAN, LIN, J1939, XCP/CCP) and Tools (Vector, Kvaser, INCA)
• Actuator controls (motors, valves) and by-wire design
• Electric and Hybrid vehicle architecture
• Vehicle and system troubleshooting experience
• Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic/Pneumatic system design and simulation
• Data acquisition hardware and software experience
• Must meet the requirements for obtaining US Government clearance