Control System Engineer

Job Description

Overview

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Role Summary

As a Control System Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, validation, and deployment of innovative system-level control algorithms for lightweight electric propulsion systems. You will be responsible for testing and troubleshooting control algorithms both in simulation and on hardware targets, ensuring that they perform efficiently in real-world applications.

Your contributions will span across various stages of the development process, including requirements engineering, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing. You will define system regression test cases and establish pass / fail criteria, working closely with a collaborative team of system, electrical, and software engineers to integrate and validate the control systems.

This role offers a unique opportunity to apply first principles thinking to solve complex control problems and to work on cutting-edge propulsion technologies. You will have the chance to develop robust, real-time solutions, and make significant contributions to Rivian's mission of creating innovative, efficient, and sustainable transportation systems.

Responsibilities

• Model, design, develop, validate, and deploy innovative system-level control system algorithms for lightweight propulsion systems
• Test, validate, and troubleshoot implemented control algorithms in simulation and on hardware targets
• Contribute to requirements engineering, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and software-in-the-loop (SIL) workstreams
• Define system regression test cases and establish pass / fail criteria
• Collaborate closely in a team environment with system, electrical, and software engineers

Qualifications

Salary Range : $100,000-130,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

Equal Opportunity and Compliance

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual\'s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected status.

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Compliance Notice : ALTEN USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans\' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement : As a federal contractor, ALTEN USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

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