Senior Engineer

This is a remote position.

Role type:contractor / freelancer

• Part-time: ~16-20 hours week
• Regular Periods: October–February (then a break, then again Oct–Feb)
• Flexible setup – can be an additional job without leaving your current position.

About the company:

A power management company that provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably.

We are looking for a Senior Engineer - Contractor, who will focus on mainly controls and embedded software development primarily in the Aerospace, Automotive and newly in Electrical systems domain. This person will design, develop, test and validate SW architecture, SW model-based design and control algorithms, embedded software and applications according to respective functional safety standards and leveraging global trends in electrification, digitalization and sustainability.

As a member of a global team, this engineer will be part of the product lifecycle from the start, up to certification, product launch and further product development.

Key responsibilities:

• Designing and developing software architectures, controls, embedded software and applications.

• Designing industrial controls incl. advanced control methods.

• Defining requirements (performance, safety and reliability). Perform tracebility.

• Developing validation and verification test plans at various levels.

• Debugging and testing.

• Working with team members and the engineering manager to estimate development, resources and timing.

• Supporting product development after product launch to match developing market needs.

• Aiming to improve efficiency, safety and quality.

• Interacting with stakeholders. Conduct project reviews and make presentations.

• Documenting all development activities.

• Position generally does not require travel - only rare exceptions.

Technical skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering discipline, or related, from an accredited university.
• 5+ years of experience in Controls and Embedded SW systems / Applications development or relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience or knowledge about Aerospace/Automotive systems.
• Good familiarity with Matlab/Simulink.
• Understanding Embedded systems and coding in C/C++.
• Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics engineering
• Controls algorithm development for various industrial application, Validation and Verification
• Preferably knowledge of V-model development process with support of model-based development process.
• Preferably knowledge of Aerospace standards (DO-178C, DO-254, DO-331.) or Automotive functional safety norms (ISO or other.

Soft skills:

• Customer-focused with good relationship-building skills.
• Ability to learn new skills, knowledge, industry or products.
• Ability to demonstrate problem-solving using logic and methods to solve difficulties using effective solutions.
• Fluent in oral and written English.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented individual.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Collaborative team player, thriving in a global and diverse environment.
• Consistently ethical, open, honest, trustworthy, and truthful.
• Desire for new product development and innovation … to make what matters work

What can you expect from us?

• International team of professionals, opportunity to learn new technologies.
• Focus on technology and innovation.
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team, worldwide spread of contacts and projects.
• Excellent working environment – safety and ethics are important for the company.
• Working with green company targeting carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030.