Control System Engineer

Trimble Inc.•Westminster, CO

8d•$122,500 - $168,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Control System Engineer designs automatic motion control system algorithms for off-highway industrial machinery, including tractors, combines, excavators, and dozers. The role develops, maintains, optimizes, and integrates core control algorithms into products using MATLAB/Simulink. This is an onsite position in Westminster, Colorado, with travel of up to 10% annually. The engineer partners with domain experts and project teams to architect positioning and control systems and establish achievable requirements. They develop control laws and vehicle dynamics models, define system and software architectures, and write maintainable code and models. The role also validates algorithms through simulation and physical machine testing, develops test cases tied to control requirements, and creates data-processing tools that support development, analysis, and deployment. Trimble AgIS provides GNSS- and control-system-based hardware and software technologies for customer solutions, including those for the PTx Trimble joint venture with AGCO. Trimble describes its culture as purpose-driven, collaborative, and entrepreneurial, with an emphasis on real-world impact, ownership, belonging, innovation, and growth.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience developing control algorithms for dynamic systems.
Strong foundation in classical and modern control theory.
Extensive MATLAB/Simulink development experience.
Hands-on experience with automatic control of off-highway industrial machinery.
Experience testing, verifying, validating, and productizing algorithms, including use of plant simulation tools.
Experience with data acquisition, processing, and analytics to support testing and validation of developed control systems.
Familiarity with requirements decomposition and management tools.
Ability to travel up to 10% annually.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s or PhD in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, GNC, or a related engineering field is preferred.
Expertise in Kalman filters, GNSS+IMU state estimation, and sensor fusion for pose estimation.
Experience designing and addressing control challenges in hydraulic and electro-hydraulic actuation systems.
Background in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, aerospace, marine, or defense systems.
Experience with Systems Identification, Simscape, Simulink auto-code generation, and HIL/SIL testing.
Proficiency in C/C++ software development and familiarity with the ROS ecosystem.
Experience in safety-critical software development and certification processes.
Experience evaluating and incorporating modern AI methodologies and tools into control-system engineering workflows and product design.
Experience leading small technical projects.

Responsibilities

Partner with domain experts and project teams to architect positioning and control systems and establish realistic, achievable requirements.
Design, develop, and productize core control-law algorithms, including feedback/feedforward loop compensation, signal conditioning, and filtering or state estimation for pose estimation, using MATLAB/Simulink.
Develop and validate nonlinear vehicle dynamics plant models.
Define robust system and software architectures and write clean, well-documented, maintainable code and models.
Validate control algorithms through simulation, including SIL/HIL, and physical on-machine testing.
Identify and write test cases mapped to control requirements to maintain software quality.
Create and maintain custom data-processing tools supporting development, analysis, and deployment.
Travel up to 10% annually.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Time-off plans
Retirement plans
Tax savings plans for health, dependent care, and commuter expenses (offered by most businesses)
Paid parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Bonus eligibility