Senior Control Systems Engineer

Role Title: Senior Control Systems Engineer

Reporting Line: Head of Control Systems.

Department Overview:  
The Technical Team is the critical department at Artemis Technologies, designing and developing our key products. The Control Systems department, currently comprising around 10 engineers, will oversee the design and engineering of all Flight Controls, Vessel Controls, Automation, Power Management Controls, Instrumentation, Telemetry and HMI. Where applicable this also extends to compliance and reporting.

The Role:
The Senior Control Systems Engineer is responsible and accountable for the entire development lifecycle of control systems software, using MATLAB/Simulink. This includes requirements analysis, implementation and testing, performing system level simulations, and the analysis of vessel test data, to ensure requirements are being met. The Senior Control Systems Engineer is comfortable engaging with multiple stakeholders, in a fast-paced environment, where requirements may be unclear or undefined.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and optimise Control System software
• Perform and configure automatic code generation from Simulink models and deploy to target hardware.
• Define and execute system performance simulations.
• Support on-water test programs and analyse vessel performance data.
• Help to establish best practices for control system software development.
• Ensure that the systems meet all appropriate regulations.
• Attend all meetings and fulfil reporting requirements as required by Artemis Technologies.
• Ensure compliance with Artemis Technologies Policies and procedures.
• Build good working relationships across Artemis Technologies.
• Contribute to shaping a culture that reflects Artemis Technologies Values and Guiding Principles and enables the company to achieve its goals.

Person Specification:

Education/Qualifications and Experience Required:

• University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• A minimum of 3-5 years’ professional experience developing control system software, ideally in an aerospace or automotive setting.
• Experience designing, integrating and calibrating various sensors (GPS, IMUs, altimeters, etc.) used in control systems.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Experience in problem solving, fault-tree analysis, FMEA.
   

Key Skills Required:

Technical/Design skills:

• Expert working knowledge of MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow and Simulink Coder.
• Knowledge of Model-Based Design methodologies.
• Understanding of Control Theory.
• Knowledge of data communication protocols including CAN, SPI, I2C, RS-485, RS-232, UDP.

Communication skills:

• Good report writing skills – clear, concise and well structured.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Organising skills:

• Ability to work with other departments and manage issues.
• A focus on ‘delivery’ to an agreed schedule.

Teamworking:

• Ability to relate well to others, and build co-operative and collaborative working relationships, both internally and externally.