Control Systems Engineer

RECRUIT 12
Banbury
1 year ago
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Brief overview

  • Role: Control Systems Engineer
  • Location:Banbury,Oxfordshire
  • Role type:Permanent
  • Salary:£40,000 - £55,000 DOE
  • Working type:On-site working

Recruit 12 has an exciting opportunity for a Control Systems Engineer to work with an innovative engineering business, working within the realms of electric vehicles/powertrain technology.

You’ll be joining a small but experienced team and will involve technical design and development, with the potential for taking on project and team leadership responsibilities depending on our experience level.

You’ll be taking part in all aspects of control system design from requirements to production, including architecture, software development, test, integration, etc.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Control system architecture design
  • Safety analysis
  • Embedded control software development
  • Development of system models
  • Test rig control and modelling
  • Testing, calibration and validation

Required Skills

  • MATLAB/Simulink and C/C++
  • Model development, generation and analysis
  • Data logging and analysis
  • CAN/LIN knowledge
  • Safety analysis (FMEA, HazOp, etc)

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