Controls Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Systems Engineering
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in appliances, HVAC, water heating, industrial controls, embedded systems, or related product development environments.
• Strong understanding of both electrical and mechanical system design and their interactions within electromechanical products.
• Experience with embedded control systems, sensors, actuators, power electronics, and control architectures.
• Demonstrated experience leading products from concept development through production launch.
• Strong understanding of system engineering processes, requirements management, and product validation methodologies.
• Experience conducting design reviews, risk assessments, DFMEA, PFMEA, and root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of regulatory and safety standards applicable to consumer or commercial appliances.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering or related preferred
• Experience developing electric, hybrid, heat pump, or gas-fired water heating products preferred
• Previous system design experience for residential and commercial appliances preferred
• Experience with communication protocols such as CAN, Modbus, UART, SPI, I2C, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth preferred.
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the system-level design and development of electronic controls and electromechanical components for water heating appliances.
• Define product controls architectures, system requirements, interfaces, and controls performance specifications.
• Develop and validate control strategies involving heating elements, sensors, pumps, valves, blowers, communication interfaces, and safety systems.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Perform system integration, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical, thermal, and controls-related issues.
• Develop verification and validation plans to ensure products meet functional, safety, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design Reviews, Risk Assessments, and Root Cause Corrective Action investigations.
• Support controls certification activities including UL, CSA, IEC, and other applicable regulatory standards.
• Support field issue investigations and implement robust corrective actions.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on complex system development activities.