Control System Engineer

Master Motion Control for the Toughest Terrain. The Next Generation of Heavy Equipment Control Starts with You! ​

What Makes This Role Great:

In this role, you will be designing automatic motion control systems algorithms for off-highway industrial machinery such as tractors, combines, excavators, and dozers. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and optimizing core control algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink or C/C++, and integrating these into products.

Key Exciting Responsibilities:

• Partner with domain experts and project team to architect positioning and control systems and establish achievable control system requirements.

• Design, develop, and productize control law algorithms that meet the established control requirements.

• Use MATLAB/Simulink for model-based design (MBD).

• Apply filter and state estimation design concepts for pose estimation that enable optimal controller performance.

• Design signal conditioning and feedback and feedforward loop compensation.

• Develop and validate non-linear vehicle dynamics plant models.

• Evaluate algorithms in simulations and physical target environments.

• Support integration and performance validation on real-time hardware/operating systems.

• Define system/software architecture.

• Identify and write test cases for the control requirements to maintain high software quality.

• Develop models and write code that is clean, maintainable, and well-documented.

• Perform on-machine testing to validate the controller implementation

• Develop data processing tools to support development and deployment processes.

• Ensure ongoing testing and product quality. 

Essential Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in control algorithm development for dynamic systems.
• Master’s or PhD Engineering Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, GNC, or related fields, preferred.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink development.
• Experience in designing and implementing classical and modern control theory.
• Practical experience with automatic controls of off-highway machinery.
• Experience in test, verification, validation, and productization of algorithms.
• Experience with data acquisition, data processing, and data analytics to support analysis, testing, and validation of the developed control system.
• Familiarity with requirements decomposition and management tools.
• Experience with plant simulation tools.
• Ability to travel up to 10% annually.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience in state estimation (Kalman filters).

• Experience leading small technical projects.

• Simulink auto-code generation.

• Experience with GNSS+IMU state estimation.

• Autonomous/Semi-autonomous vehicle control.

• Experience with design, control, and challenges with hydraulic and electro-hydraulic control actuation systems.

• Sensor fusion and filter design for pose estimation.

• Experience with Systems Identification, Simscape, or similar tools.

• Safety-critical software development and certification.

• HIL and SIL testing.

• Proficiency in C/C++ software development.

• Experience with the ROS ecosystem.

• Background in guidance, navigation, and control for missiles, ships, submarines, or autonomous vehicles.

Logistics

Location: Westminster, CO Onsite

Travel Requirement: Up to 10% annually

About AgIS

Trimble AgIS provides GNSS and Control System-based hardware and software technologies for implementing customer solutions, including those for the PTx Trimble JV with Agco.

PTx Trimble (f.k.a. Trimble Agriculture)

Trimble Civil Construction

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

• You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide.

• Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a hidden gem. You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging.

• Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often self-authored, empowering proactive doers.

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Control System Engineer, MATLAB, Simulink, Motion Control Algorithms, Off-Highway Machinery, Sensor Fusion, Vehicle Dynamics, Model-Based Design, Autonomous Control, GNC

Compensation:  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.

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Application Deadline: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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