Engineer - BMS Controls

The BMS Controls Engineer will work closely with various stakeholders including Systems and Software Engineering to ensure embedded controls designs and implementation meet product intent, quality and customer application expectations. This role will have controls feature/functionality ownership and thus is expected to represent high competency in both control system engineering for embedded systems as well as BMS domain knowledge and capability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop BMS controls and diagnostic algorithms to achieve desired functionality, robustness, and safety. Apply Model-Based-Development (MBD) methodology to design and implement control algorithms and translate into embedded software by leveraging code generation
• Apply structured test methodology in simulation-based environments to verify and validate algorithm design and implementation, in terms of functional behavior, performance, robustness, safety, compliance, and security
• Drive testing and validation of developed control algorithms on software benches and battery cyclers leveraging CAN and embedded debugging tools
• Analyze functional, safety, and robustness expectations and perform systems engineering tasks to capture system design and behavior, establish requirements, create models to simulate requirements and system behavior, and contribute to analyses for functional safety, failure modes, and other relevant aspects
• Perform all engineering tasks in defined lifecycle processes, methods, and practices, captured and managed in a system, building traceability between engineering phases and artifacts to ensure quality and compliance to ASPICE maturity and ISO26262 Functional Safety standards
• Establish and maintain comprehensive documentation of control strategy, implementation, testing, and application
• Collaborate with other internal stakeholders and customers to put ONE BMS strategies into operation
• As part of development activities, root-cause and solve issues that arise, and help drive continuous refinement
• Build technical subject matter expertise in BMS topics, actively participate in and contribute to technical reviews
• Participate in customer engagement, promotional, and sales activities
• This position will work as part of an agile engineering team, applying agile development methods and practices in a “DevOps” culture oriented to continuous delivery of value, continuous improvement, and speed of delivery

The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Application of quality-driven embedded Controls engineering in production automotive applications
• Comfortable with a fast pace of change, ability to learn and adapt
• Practiced ability to develop from a system perspective
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team
• Strong communication ability – interpersonal, written, presentation, of technical concepts and approaches

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum, a B.S. degree in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science
• In-depth experience in embedded control system development, ideally for automotive production-oriented applications. This experience should include analysis of requirements, deriving control algorithm designs, and developing application software to satisfy desired behavior and performance.
• Preferred experience with high-voltage battery systems and specifically BMS control functionality in the application of high-voltage batteries in vehicular environments
• Practiced understanding and capability in controls engineering concepts and methodology, including state-estimation techniques, algorithms, and robust control systems design.
• Proficient in Model-Based-Development (MBD) of embedded control systems using MATLAB, Simulink/State-flow, and auto-code generation tools
• Working experience with C programming for embedded systems
• Familiar with testing and validation techniques using MIL/SIL/HIL tools.
• Experience with embedded controls and software development processes, methods, tools, and technology, preferably at the OEM or Tier1 level, including working in Application Lifecycle Management, Change Management, and Source Code Management systems
• Preferred, experience with functional safety, in terms of developing embedded controls that are compliant to ISO26262
• Troubleshooting vehicle system functional and diagnostic issues, determining and validating corrective actions and preventive measures

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