GNC Engineer - Control Systems at Trimble
Westminster, CO 80030
About the Job
Your Title: GNC Engineer - Control Systems
Job Location: Westminster, CO
Our Department: Trimble Ag Industry Solutions (AgIS)
Is designing automatic motion control systems algorithms from the ground up something that excites you?
What You Will Do
You would be joining the core development team for these systems. The work would include developing/maintaining core algorithms to control steering and other features in off-highway industrial machinery (tractors, combines, excavators, dozers, etc...). You will be using MATLAB/Simulink or C/C++ to model/develop/maintain the algorithms, analyze and optimize vehicle performance, and integrate the functionality into releasable products.
What Skills & Experience You Should Bring
What Skills & Experience You Could Bring
About Agriculture Industry Solutions (AgIS)
Trimble AgIS is the purveyor of Trimble GNSS and Control System based Hardware and Software Technologies that enable the implementation of customer solutions for its strategic partners, both internal or external, such as the newly formed PTx Trimble JV with Agco, be it Sensing Technologies, Positioning, Controls, or other in Trimble's broad Technology Portfolio.
About the industries we serve
You can learn more about the industries we serve from the following links:
Trimble's Inclusiveness Commitment
We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.
We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.
Trimble's Privacy Policy
Pay Equity
Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
Hiring Range:
122642
165466
Bonus Eligible?
Yes
Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our
candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals
without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including
childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic
information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and
harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal
history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider
qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.
The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for
individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs in our job
application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation for your job, contact
[email protected]
Job Location: Westminster, CO
Our Department: Trimble Ag Industry Solutions (AgIS)
Is designing automatic motion control systems algorithms from the ground up something that excites you?
What You Will Do
You would be joining the core development team for these systems. The work would include developing/maintaining core algorithms to control steering and other features in off-highway industrial machinery (tractors, combines, excavators, dozers, etc...). You will be using MATLAB/Simulink or C/C++ to model/develop/maintain the algorithms, analyze and optimize vehicle performance, and integrate the functionality into releasable products.
- Design, development, and productization of control law algorithms
- Work with Matlab/Simulink utilizing model-based design (MBD)
- Utilize your experience with sensor fusion and filter design (e.g LKF, EKF) for pose estimation
- Design signal conditioning and feedback loop compensation (e.g. notch, lead-lag filters)
- Development, characterization, and validation of non-linear vehicle dynamics plant models
- Develop and eEvaluate the algorithms in both simulation and in the target operating environments
- Support the integration, deployment, and performance validation of algorithms on real-time hardware/operating systems
- Define the system/software architecture
- Foster ongoing testing and testability in building quality products
What Skills & Experience You Should Bring
- 5+ years of demonstrable experience with control algorithm development for dynamic physical systems
- A Master's Degree or PhD degree in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, GNC, Mechatronics, or other related degree is required
- Experience with Matlab/Simulink Product Development
- Practical controls experience, specifically in the automatic controls of off-highway industrial machinery
- Direct experience with test, verification, validation and productization of algorithms
- Experience with requirements decomposition and management tools
- Experience with exploiting plant simulation tools throughout the product development process
What Skills & Experience You Could Bring
- 12+ years of applicable work experience
- State estimation (Kalman filters) development experience
- Experience leading small technical project and project management
- Simulink auto-code generation
- Loosely/Tightly coupled GNSS+IMU state estimation
- Autonomous/Semi-autonomous vehicle control
- Experience with Systems Identification, Simscape, or similar plant modeling tools and concepts
- Safety-critical software development and certification
- HIL and SIL testing
- Proficiency in production-grade C/C++ software development
- Experience with ROS ecosystem
- Missile, ship, submarine, or autonomous vehicle guidance, navigation & control background
- Ability to travel (including international) up to 10% per year
About Agriculture Industry Solutions (AgIS)
Trimble AgIS is the purveyor of Trimble GNSS and Control System based Hardware and Software Technologies that enable the implementation of customer solutions for its strategic partners, both internal or external, such as the newly formed PTx Trimble JV with Agco, be it Sensing Technologies, Positioning, Controls, or other in Trimble's broad Technology Portfolio.
About the industries we serve
You can learn more about the industries we serve from the following links:
- PTx Trimble (f.k.a. Trimble Agriculture)
- Trimble Civil Construction
Trimble's Inclusiveness Commitment
We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.
We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.
Trimble's Privacy Policy
Pay Equity
Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
Hiring Range:
122642
165466
Bonus Eligible?
Yes
Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our
candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals
without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including
childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic
information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and
harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal
history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider
qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.
The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for
individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs in our job
application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation for your job, contact
[email protected]
