Sr Controls Engineer
| Company | Carrier Global |
|---|---|
| Location | Kennesaw, GA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Control Systems, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering with 5+ years of controls system experience
- OR Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Electrical, Control Systems, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering with 3+ years of controls system experience
Responsibilities
- Independently develop production ready controls solutions ensuring customer and technical requirements are satisfied, and standard procedures are followed
- Support project management with the definition of suitable plans for development and verification, conduct stakeholder technical reviews.
- Perform dynamic system analysis of non-linear systems in development of control algorithms including system identification, controllability, robustness, stability, and optimization
- Work with system engineers to develop requirements and utilize domain knowledge and model-based analysis to validate requirements.
- Recommend updates to equipment design efforts based on control objectives, model-based control analysis and system performance capability
- Support the development and calibration of physics-based plant models
- Develop & execute unit-tests & integration tests for control system
- Perform hands-on testing in psychrometric laboratory and analyze results to direct refinements to plant model fidelity and control algorithms
- Apply best-in-class strategies to push testing further upstream in the development lifecycle (MIL/SIL/HIL)
- Support strategic initiatives to improve organizational quality and efficiency through the advancement of model-based design processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient knowledge of controls engineering foundations, including feedback control, linear/nonlinear control, multivariable control, system identification, and optimization
- Proficient in the use of Matlab-based toolsets to design, implement, and test embedded controls algorithms
- Experience with vapor-compression cycles, including heat exchangers and turbomachinery compression technologies
- Expertise in heat transfer, two-phase flow, and thermodynamic cycle analytical skills
- Experience in developing and calibrating physics-based models
- Knowledge of acausal modeling languages such as Modelica
- Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering results through effective teamwork
- Ability to work hands-on in psychrometric laboratory environment to collect and analyze data
- Experience with industrial control applications
- Experience with software development lifecycle best practices, including version control, change management, release management
- Experience in requirements management and system integration, specifically test strategies across model-in-the-loop (MIL), software-in-the-loop (SIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) domains
- Strong technical writing skills with ability to produce clear, concise documentation
- Understanding of embedded SW architectures
- Familiar with system optimization techniques and their application to modeling and system design