Senior Project Engineer, Control Systems

Ricardo•Belleville, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world. We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer in Control Systems to deliver on-going client projects, and to further develop the capabilities of the team. Our Control and Electronics group is responsible for the specification, implementation and validation of control systems for a wide range of complex, clean propulsion and energy systems, including: xEV powertrains, power electronics, motors and drives, engines, transmissions, battery management systems, advanced thermal systems, and fuel cell systems. Our support to customers covers the full spectrum of control development, from core algorithm development, through to fully validated production control software (including safety software). In this role, you will be primarily responsible for development of new control systems for a wide range of applications for our client base, but may be expected to support other technical domains depending on the nature of the department workload.

Requirements

Degree in Engineering, Control / Electrical / Electronics or similar
Experience in successful deployment of controls for complex systems
Experience providing technical leadership to engineering project teams
Solid understanding of physical principles and control techniques
Fluency in model-based development languages for control software deployment, especially MATLAB-Simulink

Nice To Haves

Experience in programming for microcontrollers, or deployment of PLC controls
Experience in development and validation of controls for production programs

Responsibilities

Technical development of control solutions, covering requirements specification, algorithm development, component selection, implementation, calibration and validation
Leadership to other team members in the delivery of control solutions
Supervision of junior team members on assigned tasks
Liaison with wider team members to organise and deliver project activities as required
Management of verification and validation of control systems, by software or Model-in-Loop, Hardware-in-Loop & physical testing
Support the wider engineering team, contributing to: systems engineering, electrical integration and communications integration
Development of dynamic models, based on understanding of system dynamics over a wide range of physical domains
Interfacing directly with clients and suppliers on technical issues
Reporting of technical status internally and to customers
Focus on delivery of projects on-time and on-budget
A certain amount of business travel can be expected including customer meetings, occasional on-site development support, and travel to other Ricardo sites