Controls Software Engineer

Optimal Inc.

$90K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience with automatic transmissions, focusing on software design or calibration
  • 1 year working in an Agile development environment
  • 2 years using software testing tools and understanding quality metrics
  • 2 years experience with MATLAB and Simulink
  • 2 years of experience with software development lifecycle tools like IBM ClearCase or GitHub
  • 2 years of experience writing or modifying C-code

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage multiple automatic transmission software components
  • Coordinate validation efforts with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and calibration teams
  • Act as single point of contact for issue triage and resolution
  • Utilize software development and quality processes to manage deliverables
  • Develop and execute unit tests to ensure software functionality
  • Create interface specifications for cross-functional collaborations
  • Utilize issue management tools to document and manage software changes

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model, requiring 4 days in the office per week
Full Job Description
Position Description:
Own and manage multiple automatic transmission software components (features): manage changes and requirements, coordinate validation with HIL and calibration teams, act as SPOC for issue triage and resolution, bookshelf and release updates using software development and software quality processes, including all necessary deliverables (e.g. test reports, DVMs, calibration guides, etc.)

Skills Required:

Transmissions - Experience having worked on automatic transmissions either in software design or calibration. Approximately 5 years of experience in this area is sufficient. Agile Software Development - knowledge of agile principles. 1 year of working in an Agile environment is sufficient
Software Testing - experience using software testing tools to generate and evaluate standard software quality metrics like decision coverage, MC/DC and line coverage. 2 years of software testing experience.
MATLAB - 2 years using MATLAB
Software Development Lifecycle - 2 years working with lifecycle products like IBM ClearCase or GitHub
C - 2 years of writing or modifying c-code.
Simulink - 2 years working with Simulink models. This include modifying, designing, and simulating.

Skills Preferred:

Powertrain - developing powertrain controls (engine or transmission) software within the OEM/Client powertrain software environment.
Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems - knowledge of AI tools (like copilot) and having used AI to assist in the creation, or completion, of work related tasks and objectives.

Experience Required:
4+ years developing automatic transmission controls using c-code and MATLAB/Simulink and State flow
Experience Preferred:
Experience with automotive calibration tools like ATI Vision, Vector CANOE.

Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:
HYBRID / 4 days per week in the office

Use MATLAB/Simulink/State flow to model feature functions and autogenerate quality c-code directly from the model
Develop and execute unit tests to fully verify the functionality of the software with respect to requirements.
Use issue management tools (JIRA) to manage and document software feature change requirements, emphasizing customer (SP&I, calibration, program) needs and timing considerations
Develop interface specifications for interfaces that cross functional boundaries including across organizations, subsystems and feature.
Participate in, and communicate with, cross-functional teams to optimize solutions weighing software complexity, tuneability, testability and OEM/Client SW modeling guidelines

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