Vehicle Dynamics Control Engineer Job in Helmond, Netherlands

Electric cars have the potential to benefit everyone tremendously. Not only do they provide a way to reduce emissions and thereby provide us with cleaner air in our cities, electric cars are an important part of the solution to mitigate climate change.

At Lightyear, we love electric cars and know they will prove a turning point in history. We started the Lightyear because we could not just be bystanders of the electric car revolution. We have a very strong drive to accelerate the introduction of electric cars around the globe.

Vehicle Dynamics Control Engineer Job Description

We envision a shift from traditional environment polluting vehicles to clean and affordable mobility. It is our mission to disrupt the electric car market by providing zero emission mobility for everyone, everywhere. We are on the brink of a breakthrough with the upcoming introduction of the Lightyear One. Do you want to contribute to these world changing goals? Are you looking to make an impact, do you want that everything you do has influence? And are ambition, independence, honesty, sustainability and equality important to you? Then look no further! 

Description
Lightyear is looking for a Vehicle Dynamics Control Engineer. The primary focus of this role is the development of chassis control algorithms to improve handling and safety of our car, the Lightyear One. Being part of a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will make design choices and will be responsible for controlling the distribution of torque to the four individual in-wheel motors. Having four independently controllable motors provides lots of opportunities to manipulate the dynamic behavior of the car (e.g. regenerative braking, torque vectoring and traction control). On the other hand, the safety mitigation of a motor failure, sensor failure or tire blow up scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update and maintain vehicle dynamic models and automated simulations that exercise all aspects of dynamic behavior that are influenced by the control systems.
• Designing controllers, modelling of such controllers and develop the algorithms in the vehicle to improve handling and safety.
• Working cross-functionally with a number of various groups including vehicle dynamics, firmware and system integration.
• Developing advanced filters to accurately estimate vehicle states and tire control authority (available friction).

Vehicle Dynamics Control Engineer Job Requirements

Requirements

• A Bachelor or Master degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge in linear systems analysis, stability and controller design.
• At least 2 years of work experience in vehicle dynamics, specifically handling/ride performance.
• Capable of analyzing vehicle performance in MATLAB/Simulink via modeling and data analysis.
• Strong communication and preference for working in teams.
• At least 2 years of experience with controls system development, modeling and implementation.
• Experience in active suspension systems, brake systems (brake traction control or stability control), powertrain traction control, electric power steering, or other chassis control systems.

• High level of autonomy
• A multidisciplinary team of highly motivated and talented people
• A fast growing organization with lots of opportunities
• The ability to challenge the status quo and have a positive impact on a fast changing world
• 30 holidays
• Excellent travel expenses
• We are building towards the future every day, we started in 2016 and we're making big steps. We are also building and improving our conditions for our employees. For example we offer a very interesting option to invest in shares of Lightyear as an employee. We would like to discuss these possibilities in a personal conversation!

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