Job Details
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| Controls Engineer | | |
| Location | | West Midlands ( Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire ) | | |
Salary
£25 - 40,000 | | |
Application Deadline
15/08/2008 | | |
Description
If you want to work for one of the world’s leading motorsport and automotive technology businesses, you’ll need more than driving ambition.
The work will include the design of control systems, both from a 'clean sheet of paper' as well as the development of existing systems. This will involve interfacing with electronic hardware and vehicle component systems engineers.
Key responsibilities:
Development of control systems for the purpose of controlling automotive dynamic systems (e.g. engine management, gearbox, conventional drive-train control, hybrid electric drive-trains and vehicle dynamics)
Technical tasks would include:
- Computer simulation
- control system specification (including sensor & actuator selection, and electrical interfacing)
- vehicle commissioning,
- control strategy development & implementation,
- calibration development.
Project requirements would include:
- Workload planning and organisation
- Liaising with other Prodrive departments and clients.
Special aptitudes
Experience in some of the following areas is required :-
• Knowledge of control systems and simulation techniques.
• Understanding of calibration and mechatronics.
• Knowledge of embedded software development using ‘C’ / C++
• Knowledge of embedded software development using assembler.
• Experience of programming and scripting languages
• Experience of real-time programming.
• Programming in the MS Windows environment
• A knowledge of typical automotive control systems. e.g. engine management / ABS / clutch / gearbox / chassis systems.
• An interest in / knowledge of automotive engineering
• A practical approach to solving real-world problems
Working at Prodrive can be demanding but is undoubtedly rewarding. If you think you have what it takes then we would like to hear from you. Please visit our website www.prodrive.com.
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Reference
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