The EnginePropulsion Controls Engineer will work within a Centre Of Excellence (CoE) belonging to the Product Release Centre (PRC) Engine Propulsion Controls and they will contribute in the development of engine propulsion systems for current and next-generation internal combustion engine & hybrid electrified propulsion systems for Stellantis vehicles.
The ideal candidate, who is a strong team player and willing to work in a fast paced environment, will have experience in modern and classical control strategies with a powertrain subsystem application (engine, transmission, electric motors, thermal, charging, etc.). Being system focused and having interdisciplinary experience, the ideal candidate must be able to significantly contribute to the development of hybrid operating strategies in the area of torque management, thermal management, energy management & charging, monitoring and remedial action, and diagnostics.
Specific Job Duties
- Read and interprethigh-level requirements related to the intended vehicle-level behavior
- Designappropriate control algorithm that fulfills the functional objectives
- Implementcontrol algorithm in Matlab-Simulink, C, etc
- Provide best-guess calibration dataset
- Pre-verification of the implementation, check of the requirements’ compliance, through Model In The Loop (MIL) testing;
- Pre-verificationof the generated code, through Software in the Loop (SIL) testing or specific tools able to monitor the consumption of software resources (e.g. VRAM, throughput);
- Generation of integrated proto code builds;
- Verification of official code builds or proto code builds in the HIL lab or in the vehicle, using ETAS INCA tools;
- Analysis and response to the tracked issues;
- Attendance to the main technical meetings, data analysis and issues’ resolution;
- Process documentation development;
- Calibrationcommunity support.
Fundamental Knowledge Pillars
- Knowledge of modern and classical control principles
- Knowledge of major vehicle systems
- Domain knowledge (In one of the following: Thermal, torque, diagnostics, functional safety, charging)
- Embedded control development tools and processes
Detailed Qualifications
- Automotive Electrified Systems & Architectures fundamentals
- Vehicle energy management;
- C and C++ code structure and markup;
- The Mathworks modeling and autocode suite (Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, Embedded Coder);
- D-SPACETargetLinkautocode generation tool;
- Excellent know-how of ETAS INCA tool;
- Usage of ControlDesk and HIL tools;
- On Board Diagnostics (OBD) standards and architecture;
- ISO/SAE standard norms for CAN/LIN communication;
- Ability to analyze and deploy High and Low Level Requirements’ documentation;
- Ability to analyze issues’ descriptions and provide a resolution;
- Experimental data analysis and calibration methodology definition;
- Ability to perform verification activities.
- Soft and Leadership skills
- Capability to work in a team and in an international environment
- Capability of synthesis and reporting towards management
- Availability to business trips (mainly United States of America)
- Efficient communicational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks
- English: autonomous in listening (conference calls) and reading
- Passion in automotive field for all its declinations (from vehicle setup to assembly process)
- Work under pressure when tight schedules or late changes are required in releasing process (shorter time for control/software design and testing)
- Available to extra-time working (especially on American eastern time)
- No drawback to take higher responsibility leading crisis teams on production issues with possible impact on daily rate