Control Applications Engineer Job in Eindhoven, Netherlands

It is one thing to work with revolutionary products and technologies but it is even more exciting to be part of the challenge to reshape a standard product to create the future of an industry. Westport is the leader in creating breakthrough technologies in natural gas engines, vehicles and fuel system components. Westport imagines, builds, demonstrates and commercializes technologies that provide environmental and economic solutions to customers, while delivering best-class performance and operational characteristics for clean, sustainable and commercially viable transportation.

Westport pioneered high pressure direct injection technology, Westport™ HPDI 1.0, which was a ground-breaking product and great success in opening up the heavy duty natural gas trucking industry. In this film, we look at Westport’s next generation of technologies, including Westport™ HPDI 2.0, advanced spark-ignited natural gas technology, and novel conformable CNG and cryogenic LNG fuel storage technologies.
Westport is committed to giving tomorrow’s visionaries license to explore—by designing the most advanced natural gas engines the world has ever seen. Not just for cars and trucks. But for any vehicle that carries a payload, crosses the water, or thunders down the tracks.

Control Applications Engineer Job Description

Why join Westport?

Westport engineers, manufactures and supplies the world’s most advanced alternative fuel systems and components. More than that, they are fundamentally changing the way the world travels the roads, rails and seas. Their innovative and cost-effective solutions maintain performance while improving efficiency and reducing emissions. Offering a variety of leading brands for transportation and industrial applications, they serve customers in over 70 countries, including some of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets. 

What can you expect in the Control Applications Engineer position?

Responsibilities:
 

• Control system architecture definition & design
• Control hardware & software requirements definition
• Create model based designs of control features, define interfaces, and implement software solutions for embedded automotive targets
• Application and integration of Engine Management Systems both at and engine and vehicle level
• Calibration activities, including DOE (Design of Experiments), analysis of data, optimisation and calibration management
• Manage release of software and calibrations to internal and external customers
• Define the control system components and architecture that will be used in future projects
• Root cause analysis, validation and implementation of solutions
• Create and execute test plans derived from requirements for both hardware and software
• Travel to international customer facilities to provide application support

Control Applications Engineer Job Requirements

What background will make you successful?
Required:

• Mechanical, Electrical or Software Engineering Degree
• At least 3 years of automotive industry control system development and application/calibration
• Proficient in developing models using Matlab, Simulink and Stateflow for deployment on embedded devices
• Good understanding of engine operation and combustion principles
• Familiarity with industry standard calibration tools (ETAS INCA, ATI Vision etc.)
• Solid understanding of automotive controls hardware (sensors, harnesses actuators, and electronic control units)
• Experience in proactively defining controls hardware and software requirements at all stages of a product’s lifecycle
• Experience providing efficient and immediate support to aid in resolution of issues present on vehicles or similar products
• The ability to provide accurate effort estimates on tasks to help time manage projects and understand resource concerns
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Be a team player
• Be comfortable with international travel

• Comprehension of OBD and its application
• Experience working to software quality systems such as SPICE and ISO26262
• Experience with task management and change management tools such as JIRA and SVN
• Proven electrical and mechanical troubleshooting abilities

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