Controls Engineer

Stanadyne

$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • General knowledge of electronic hardware, including sensors, actuators, and motors.
  • Working knowledge of electronic test equipment, specifically digital oscilloscopes.
  • Strong organizational skills for managing small tasks.
  • Effective oral and written communication skills.
  • Basic ability to create electrical schematics and system block diagrams.
  • Understanding of programming in LabVIEW, PLC ladder logic, or similar embedded control languages.
  • Experience with software controls in an automotive context, with a focus on product testing and development.

Responsibilities

  • Define, design, program, and debug test solutions for real-time control and data acquisition systems.
  • Manage projects involving cross-functional teams.
  • Improve product testing methods using engineering knowledge.
  • Design new products or adapt existing ones, focusing on pumps and control strategies.
  • Present task results and progress to both internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on diverse fuel system products for on-road and off-road vehicles.
  • Engage in cross-functional team collaborations for project management.
  • Possibility of travel to interact with customers and suppliers both domestically and internationally.
Full Job Description
Controls Engineer

Participate in the design, development, testing, and application of electronic control systems and components used in our fuel system products that are used in on-road and off-road equipment and vehicles.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Participate in defining, designing, programming, and debugging a variety of testing solutions involving real-time control and data acquisition systems
  • Assist in the management of projects, both large and small, with cross-functional teams.
  • Use engineering knowledge and experience to continue to improve existing methods of product testing.
  • Design new products and/or apply variations of existing products, including pumps and engine control strategy development and testing.
  • Communicate task results and progress through oral and written presentations for internal and external customers.

Qualifications:
  • General knowledge of electronic hardware, including sensors, actuators, and motors.
  • Working knowledge of electronic test equipment and instrumentation, including digital oscilloscopes.
  • Ability to organize and plan work on small individual tasks.
  • Must possess good oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to begin to create electrical schematics and system block diagrams.
  • Basic ability and understanding of programming using either LabVIEW, PLC ladder logic, or other embedded control languages.
  • Experience with software controls and software development tools, preferably in an automotive environment.
  • Prior experience or willingness to learn electromechanical components, such as those used in gasoline or diesel fuel injection systems.

Education and/or Experience:
  • BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent.
  • Minimum of two years of electrical engineering experience, electronic controls or product testing experience.
  • Preferred some experience in diesel fuel injection equipment and engine test and development.

Travel Requirements:

Possible travel to customers and suppliers, domestically and internationally.

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