Senior/Staff Controls Engineer
Core
Develop robust, reliable, optimized production controls software for automated driving systems, integrating controls stacks with new vehicle platforms and exploring machine learning for vehicle dynamics.
Role type
Senior/Staff Controls Engineer (Automated Driving)
Builds
Production controls software for parking lots, highways, and varied road/weather conditions
Domain
Autonomous driving, vehicle dynamics, embedded systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Embedded C/C++, vehicle dynamics, controls theory, control strategy development, classical and modern controls methods, machine learning for controls, geometry, calculus, probability, physics, kinematics, dynamics, analytical problem-solving
Preferred skills
MS or Ph.D. in mechanical/mechatronics/electrical/aerospace/robotics, GenAI-assisted engineering workflows
Technologies
ISO 26262, Claude Code, Gemini, Cursor
Responsibilities
Develop planner-controller interactions and advanced control strategies; Integrate controls stack with new vehicle platforms; Collaborate with hardware, base software, upstream autonomy, vehicle testing, and systems engineers
Seniority
Senior/Staff, hands-on IC