Specialist, Software Engineering (Controls Engineer) (ANAHEIM)

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Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering - Controls Engineer
Job Code: 40556
Job Location: Anaheim, CA
Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

Under general direction of the Management of Software Engineering, this position develops and applies advanced software engineering methods in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced technical problems power system architectures and power conversion equipment. The Specialist Software Engineer shall lead a small software engineering team to support all stages of product development from design through implementation and system integration under minimal supervision.

Essential Functions:

• Perform control systems analysis of power conversion equipment and system architectures.
• Support development of control systems’ design and architectures for new products.
• Design and implement customer specifications, requirements for control systems design.
• Write product and test specifications, modeling, and verification procedures pertaining control systems.
• Implement and support control system design with MATLab, Simulink, C/C++, and other embedded system programming language.
• Ability to work simultaneously on a variety of projects.
• Continue improvement in technical approach to maximize efficiency of engineering resources. 
• Provides input with a variety of control systems, engineering concepts, practices, and procedures
• Control Specialized Software Engineer will take directions from Project Engineer and Software Engineering Manager.
• Expected up to 35% of travel to customer sites for on-site support.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) or equivalent from a four-year college or university; and minimum 4 years of experience in design and analysis of control systems for power conversion equipment. Master of Science or advanced degree preferred with reduced minimum of 2 years of work experience. For candidates with a Ph.D. or higher, relevant research experience may be considered in lieu of professional work experience
• Must be able to obtain a US security clearance

• Must have familiarity with control systems for power system architectures and power conversion equipment.

• Must have strong knowledge of control theory, ability to model with MATLAB / SIMULINK.

• Experienced in the practical implementation of control system algorithms.
• Experienced in with digital signal processing, machine-to-machine communications, and fiber optics based communications subsystems.
• Experienced with communication protocols, such as RS-232, RS-485, and Ethernet.