Powertrain Senior Engineer

We have an opportunity to join an industry leading, global manufacuring business based in the Solihull area. This opening is for a Senior or Principal Engineer in the Vehicle Supervisory Management Software team.

A major and integral part of your role will be ensuring the successful delivery of our Powertrain & Vehicle control software, covering both platform and applications for different Powertrain Architectures.

Salary: £70,000

Location: Close to Birmingham International Airport

Responsibilities:

• Prepare Technical Roadmap & Lead New Function Development
  
  
• Prepare technical roadmap for the subject area .
  
  
• Develop and design new functions.
  
  
• Support SW Architect with ideas and designs to help support move to centralised E/E architectures.
  
  
• Ensure architectural integrity of software solutions and act as the technical authority for supervisory controller functions.
  
  
• Provide ongoing assessment of software design processes and optimise changes as needed.
  
  
• Support advanced SW development including machine learning and big data features.
  
  
• Support development and validation of advanced energy management algorithms, Thermal management Strategy and 4WD Torque Split Strategy.
  
  
• Support software platform architectures design and optimisation.
  
  
• Supply software to support the developments of smart and zero-carbon powertrain components.
  
  
• Collaborate with Calibration & Vehicle Integration Team to deliver fully calibrated functions to vehicles.
  
  
• Collaborate with Simulation teams and develop strategies to improve electrical and thermal efficiencies of vehicles.
  
  
• Collaborate with HQ teams and coach engineers to define the customer value of technical solutions.
  
  Requirements:
  
  
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, maths or physics.
  
  
• At least 5 years of experience developing and implementing software for Powertrain & Vehicle Supervisory Controllers.
  
  
• Knowledge on topics like Torque Management, Traction Management & Thermal Management.
  
  
• Curious and Perpetual Learning mindset to be able to apply cutting edge technologies like AI/ML to influence Supervisory Management Control Strategies.
  
  
• Experience in designing Safety Functions for Powertrain Supervisory Controllers with particular focus and expertise on topics like Torque Management, Traction Management & Thermal Management.
  
  
• Expert understanding of model-based software development with MATLAB / Simulink.
  
  
• Good working knowledge of software development processes, workflows, and standards e.g., Auto SPICE.
  
  
• Good working knowledge of software version control tools e.g., Git / Subversion / Perforce.
  
  Apply now for more information