Hydraulic Controls Engineer
Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Scottsbluff, NE, USA
In PersonOccasional travel may be required for field testing, customer support, supplier visits, or equipment demonstrations.
Electrical EngineeringControls & Automation Engineering
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field; equivalent hands-on experience may be considered.
- Experience with mobile hydraulic systems, electro-hydraulic controls, or off-highway equipment.
- Understanding of hydraulic pumps, motors, valves, cylinders, accumulators, filters, relief valves, and manifolds.
- Experience with proportional valves, pulse-width modulation outputs, analog inputs, digital inputs, and sensor-based control.
- Ability to read and create hydraulic schematics and electrical wiring diagrams.
- Experience with CAN bus diagnostics and communication tools.
- Strong troubleshooting skills for hydraulic, electrical, and control system issues.
- Ability to work hands-on with equipment in a shop, test yard, and field environment.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
- Ability to work around heavy equipment, hydraulic systems, electrical systems, and moving machinery.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds as needed.
- Ability to climb on and around equipment during installation, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to work in shop, outdoor, and field environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop hydraulic control systems for mobile agricultural equipment.
- Develop control logic for hydraulic functions including steering, chute control, conveyor control, mixer discharge, suspension, and auxiliary hydraulic functions.
- Tune proportional-integral-derivative control loops using sensor feedback from cylinders, pressure sensors, flow sensors, position sensors, and other system inputs.
- Select and integrate hydraulic components including pumps, motors, valves, manifolds, cylinders, sensors, and hose assemblies.
- Program and support mobile controllers such as IFM, Danfoss, Parker, or similar platforms.
- Work with CAN bus systems, including J1939, CANopen, and custom CAN messaging.
- Integrate hydraulic controls with vehicle control systems, autonomy computers, safety controllers, and operator interfaces.
- Develop test procedures for hydraulic performance, safety validation, and functional verification.
- Troubleshoot hydraulic and electrical control issues in the shop and in field environments.
- Support commissioning, calibration, and validation of prototype and production vehicles.
- Create and maintain hydraulic schematics, wiring diagrams, control documentation, and test reports.
- Work closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and field operations teams.
- Support functional safety efforts related to hydraulic control, emergency stop behavior, safe-state behavior, and fault handling.
- Assist with supplier communication, component selection, and technical reviews.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with CODESYS, IFM controllers, Danfoss PLUS+1, Parker IQAN, or similar mobile control platforms.
- Experience with proportional-integral-derivative tuning for hydraulic position, speed, pressure, or flow control.
- Experience with J1939, CANopen, DBC files, and CAN diagnostic tools such as Kvaser CANking, Vector CANalyzer, PCAN, or similar tools.
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, mining equipment, or specialty mobile machinery.
- Familiarity with functional safety standards such as ISO 18497, ISO 25119, or ISO 26262.
- Experience with hydraulic drive systems, steering systems, conveyor systems, mixer systems, or feed delivery equipment.
- Experience selecting pressure sensors, position sensors, rotary sensors, flow sensors, and temperature sensors.
- Familiarity with 12 VDC and 24 VDC mobile electrical systems.
- Experience supporting prototype builds, field testing, and production readiness.
- Occasional travel may be required for field testing, customer support, supplier visits, or equipment demonstrations.
About the company
AGEO Autonomy develops autonomy tech for heavy, off-highway machines in GPS-denied, low-speed environments like farms, quarries, and mines. It offers a full-stack system with hardware, a custom chassis, and an autonomy software platform—covering perception, planning, and control—built to endure dirt, dust, and bad weather. The platform is hardware-agnostic and deployed through partnerships with operators and equipment manufacturers, enabling applications such as autonomous feed trucks via its sister company ALA Engineering. Its goal is to raise productivity and safety by letting large vehicles operate autonomously in challenging industrial settings.
Company Size
11-50
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AGEO’s website updated August 2026 signals active product development and commercialization.
- Hiring embedded, hydraulic, perception, and testing roles shows capital allocation toward deployment readiness.
- ALA Engineering said February 2026 it is nearing commercial deployments of autonomous feed trucks.
What critics are saying
- Commercial deployment remains near-term, not proven scale, despite 2026 hiring and internships.
- Competing autonomy startups and OEMs can replicate off-highway stacks faster with deeper capital.
- If feed-truck deployments slip, AGEO becomes a prototype vendor, not a defensible platform company.
What makes AGEO Autonomy unique
- AGEO designs both vehicle hardware and autonomy stack, reducing integration dependence.
- Their focus on messy, low-speed off-highway environments targets GPS-denied, high-friction operations.
- ALA Engineering’s autonomous feed trucks validate real-world agriculture deployment.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Vacation