Dyno Controls Engineer
Ridealso
Dyno Controls Engineer at ALSO, an electric mobility startup in Silicon Valley, focused on building an in-house, highly customized dyno controls software platform to validate small EVs and drive units. You will develop, implement, and validate drive-unit and vehicle dynos, test benches, and GUI; integrate hardware and software components; and collaborate across controls, firmware, electrical, mechanical, and system teams to enable robust propulsion validation.
Qualification
- BS or MS degree in Controls, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, including model-based design, Stateflow, and developing automation scripts.
- Experience with real-time simulation systems (Speedgoat, NI PXIe, dSpace, etc.) and GUI development. Experience with NI Veristand, LABVIEW is a PLUS.
- Hands on experience of dynamometers, power supplies and power meters, testing motor drive systems. Experience with motor control and electric drives. Siemens drives is a PLUS.
- Familiar with embedded controllers and programming languages such as C and Python.
- Familiar with automotive and electric drives communication protocols (CAN, EtherCAT) and tools such as Vector CANalyzer, CANape. Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and continuous integration workflows.
Responsibility
- Develop, implement and validate in-house customized drive unit dynos, vehicle dynos, and test benches models, software and GUI.
- Software integration of drive units, dyno electric drives, speed/torque/temperature sensors, power supplies, cooling systems into dyno control systems.
- Develop dyno and embedded controls interfaces for automatic validation and profiles.
- Perform test and troubleshoot in dyno labs, or vehicle environments on control topics.
- Identify, report, and track software bugs from dyno tests; analyze logs to troubleshoot issues.
- Contribute to other propulsion control and motor control development.
- Collaborate with controls, firmware, electrical, mechanical and system engineers to contribute to validation, development and requirements.
