Senior Embedded Controls Engineer

About The Role

Tau Motors seeks a highly skilled and experienced Embedded Controls Engineer to join our embedded software team. In this role, you will lead the design of control systems and embedded software development specifically for unique motor control and high-voltage power conversion systems. Your expertise will enhance our functional performance, safety, and reliability across various applications, including electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will integrate critical capabilities and ensure high-voltage systems' safe and efficient operation. This role directly contributes to the success of Tau's innovative power electronics platform.

What you'll do

• Lead Control Systems Design and embedded software for motor control and high-voltage power conversion while maintaining high safety and reliability.
• Implement advanced control algorithms for multiple power conversion topologies, optimizing for system-level efficiency and performance.
• Write high-quality embedded code (C) and execute comprehensive testing plans for control algorithms, including unit tests and HIL simulations to validate system behavior.
• Implement functional safety considerations in your designs, including defining the functional safety goals and concepts for achieving ASIL and ISO 26262 compliance.
• Create revision and release control procedures to enable agile codebase development across growing teams, facilitating rapid iterations and enhancements with high code quality.
• Manage requirements and development backlogs, prioritizing and triaging new features and bug fixes in alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Partner with the validation team to establish and enhance Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) capabilities, enabling rapid development and validation of hardware and software functionalities
• Develop software verification plans for new intuitive, robust features that meet the highest quality standards.
• Be a technical leader guiding the team through development plans and skill development. 
• Organize and triage issues to enable successful delivery of program goals and requirements.
• Define control system architectures that ensure quality execution and set best practices for documenting implementation control system architecture plans.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrated experience in architecting software and control systems design, particularly for motor control and power conversion applications.
• Proficiency in embedded programming, especially in C or C++, with a tight focus on timing requirements and peripheral synchronization like those found in power electronics control applications.
• Ability to design and plan system architectures cross-functionally. 
• Comfort developing RTOS and bare metal solutions and implementing best practices and disciplines for software engineering.
• Hands-on experience designing and troubleshooting embedded hardware and complex systems, including distributed controls and communication. 
• In-depth knowledge, hands-on experience, and application of functional safety principles, including ASIL levels and ISO 26262 compliance.
• Proven experience managing software development processes, including proper documentation, requirements management, backlog prioritization, and agile methodologies.
• Experience using data analysis tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB/Simulink) for model development and performance evaluation of control strategies.
• Familiarity with power conversion topologies and their applications in electrified systems.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving in cross-functional teams.
• Leadership for developing technical solutions and facilitating efficient execution to meet program goals and requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronic engineering, or equivalent degree focusing on control systems. 
• 5+ years’ experience in embedded programming in C or C++ for high-integrity systems.
• 3+ years’ experience in using Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, SafeRTOS
• Experience with digital bus standards such as SPI, I2C, CAN, LIN, and Ethernet and communication protocols such as UDS, XCP, DOIP, and TCP/IP. 
• Experience with developing on small, specialized multiprocessors.
• Experience using debuggers, oscilloscopes, JTAG, logic analyzers, etc. 
• Familiarity with Distributed Real-Time Systems (DRTS). 
• Proven ability and in-depth understanding of hardware and software interface design. 
• Industry experience in implementing production firmware and software solutions that are modular, easy to integrate, and releasable to customers and commercial partners 
• Solid knowledge of Git, bug tracking software (Jira or other), and peer review workflows.