Senior Controls Engineer – Electric Power

Job Description

Workplace Classification:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the candidate is expected to report to the Milford Proving Ground or Warren Tech Center three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role: 

Embedded Platform System & Infrastructure (EPSI) is a production level group that supports the definition, design, and development of all embedded controllers related to vehicle mechatronics. The Low Voltage Infrastructure (LVI) organization within EPSI is focused on the development of controls & diagnostic SW centered around on-vehicle low voltage power generation, energy storage, power management, and distribution. There is no better time to join this domain as we evolve to the next generation of low voltage power strategy, innovation, and capability in SDV2.0!

We are seeking creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with passion and expertise in embedded controls. The selected candidate will develop innovative controls strategies, which will be at the core of all vehicles within the General Motors portfolio and essential to keeping General Motors at the forefront of low voltage related technologies.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Lead development and implementation of controls designs for complex low voltage related features using either model based coding (MATLAB/Simulink) or hand code in C.
• Research and develop novel solutions to controls challenges.
• Contribute to ART Feature and User Story elaboration into individual work items. 
• Contribute to ensuring that definition of done and acceptance criteria are well defined.  
• Provide information as required to calibration procedures .
• Ensure compliance to safety and government regulations while following GM-internal best practices.
• Work cross-functionally with System Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects, Calibrators, Scrum Manager/Scrum Leader to ensure robust design.
• Collaborate with other teams to define and integrate components, check functionality on the bench and in the vehicle.
• Design and manage key strategic interfaces within deliverables to enable component reuse and consistency to standard methodologies.
• Lead and support other specialists in root cause analysis and resolution of issues related to the low voltage electric power domain.
• Verify functional performance of controls designs through support of BTS development, testing (Unit, HIL, SIL, Vehicle), data analysis, and verification of acceptance criteria.
• Document Intellectual Property.
• Participate in the relevant Team and Program Events: Program Increment Planning, DSU (Daily Stand Up), Iteration Reviews, ART Inspection and Adapt sessions etc.
• Build the capability of the team through mentorship, creation of training material, development of tools, etc.
• Identify opportunities and drive improvement initiatives through to completion for process, workflow, and strategic changes.                                                                                                   

Additional Job Description

What You'll Need (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline.                                                           
• Minimum 5+ years Engineering experience related to embedded controls, calibration, integration, or software development.
• Skilled with software coding (C-language), Simulink, MATLAB, DOORS, GIT environment(s), plant modeling and/or analysis tools.
• Understanding of embedded controls development and delivery processes, including SAFE/Agile.
• Experience using embedded controls test assets (SIL, HIL, Vehicle, etc) and tools (INCA, MDA, etc).
• Capability to capture and analyze data to verify system and feature performance.
• Proficiency with control system theory and application to embedded systems including state space feedback control, adaptive control, and model predictive control (or equivalent).

People Skills:

• Strong partnership and teamwork skills, with demonstrated ability to learn from and share knowledge cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment with sometimes incomplete requirements.
• Analytical problem-solving skills where problems are unusual and difficult.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and assignments with autonomy and accountability for results.
• Consistent demonstr