Principal Software - England, United Kingdom - Computer Futures

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    Role:
    Principal Software & Controls Engineer

    Hybrid model: 3 days on site in Buckinghamshire & 2 days remote

    Salary:
    Up to £75,000 + Bonus + Benefits


    We are currently recruiting for one of our customers in Buckinghamshire who specialise in motor design, inverter hardware and software design for the automotive industry.


    Our client are looking for Principal Software & Controls Engineer to work on cutting edge motor control technology and be the lead technical authority on motor control systems across the business.


    As a Principal Software & Controls Engineer, you will be a key contributor to all aspects of the project life cycle including requirement specification, software design, implementation, test and integration.


    Our client is looking for someone to question and challenge the norm and really push the limits of quality and advancement across their suite of products.

    Minimum of 5 years experience in relevant field (automotive, aerospace)
    Strong experience working with complex electro-mechanical systems
    Experience working on passenger car and motorsport inverter system applications
    Experience of motor control algorithms, Field Oriented Control, Space Vector Modulation and inverter sensorless algorithms (other areas of powertrain and vehicle control unit software development will considered)
    preferably in automotive applications
    Software unit and integration testing
    Knowledge of automotive HV systems
    Experience of real time OS and knowledge of protocols such as J1587, J1939, ISO14229, i.e. serial communication, diagnosis and software download.
    Develop control software for electric machine inverter systems and hybrid vehicle applications
    Follow best practice software development guidelines e.g. Support and mentor more junior team members in order to facilitate their professional development
    Develop safety relevant software according to Automotive and Aerospace standards e.g. Integrate high level algorithms with low level embedded software applications
    Software based validation of control algorithms through SiL, MiL,
    System based validation of control algorithms and complete SW using DSpace HiL test processes and Dyno based testing.
    Support plant model development and test-harness creation for software validation
    Interfacing and supporting other teams & customers with Controls & Software topics
    Customer support for complex simulations including Travel to customer test facilities when necessary
    Participating / contributing to design reviews of software projects and product design
    Managing / coordinating engineering changes and maintain detailed design records
    Support hardware commissioning, motor dyno testing and data analysis tasks for fault finding
    Perform software integration, merges and releases via GIT repository management

    To find out more about Computer Futures please visit

    Computer Futures, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales