Senior Control Systems Engineer

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This position is a hybrid role (3x per week onsite) that will be based at our headquarters in Fremont, California. 

Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do 

The Control Systems Engineer will design and develop advanced tracking, estimation, monitoring, and optimization algorithms for Nextracker’s smart-tracking software product. As the Senior Control Systems Engineer you will: 

• Translate external and internal customer needs into requirements for the tracking, estimation, and optimization algorithms to be developed. 

• Construct and integrate required system models into proprietary simulation platforms to test, tune, and fine-tune the developed algorithms to meet the requirements. 

• Understand and efficiently communicate the value-proposition of the algorithms based on engineering and market assumptions aided by models/simulations. 

• Evaluate the hardware requirements for the developed algorithms and work with the firmware/software (FW/SW) teams to tailor them as necessary. 

• Work with the firmware/software teams to translate algorithms into existing smart-tracking software/firmware environments towards equivalency of the developed algorithms in simulation and in FW/SW. 

• Create and work with automated test and continuous integration procedures to test the normal/abnormal operation space for the developed algorithms.  

• Test, validate, and troubleshoot controller implementation. 

• Prepare requisition and deployment procedures for the developed algorithms and work with the deployment engineers to tailor them for efficient deployment at customer sites. 

• Create technical documentation for the developed algorithms and for the deployment, and sustaining practices. 

• Support pilot deployments and troubleshoot when necessary. 

Here is some of what you’ll need (required) 

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. (EE, ME, CS, ChE) with a focus on control systems. 

• Minimum 6 years of working experience in the control systems field or PhD with extensive research experience in the control systems field

• Strong background in controls, estimation, monitoring, and optimization algorithms. 

• Experience in controls, estimation, and monitoring algorithm development and deployment. 

• Proficiency in Python, Matlab/Simulink, and exposure to C. 

Here are a few of our preferred experiences 

• Pre-treatment of historical sensor data and utilization of signal processing methods for system identification and model-order reduction. 

• Experience in developing model-based estimation algorithms such as Extended Kalman Filtering and Unscented Kalman Filtering. 

• Experience in utilization of numerical optimization algorithms, derivative-free and gradient-based methods.  

• Physics-based modeling of dynamic systems, system identification. 

• Working knowledge of reinforcement learning. 

Pay Range (Applicable to California): $170,000- $190,000 

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