Senior Vehicle Controls Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Vehicle Controls Engineer to own the systems that convert a planned trajectory into safe, stable, and comfortable steering, braking, and acceleration commands on a real vehicle. Requirements Proven experience designing, implementing, tuning, and testing vehicle-control systems on real physical vehicles Experience with lateral and/or longitudinal control for cars, autonomous vehicles, mobile machinery, or similar wheeled vehicles Strong understanding of feedback control, stability, dynamic systems, and vehicle dynamics Experience with steering, throttle, braking, or drive-by-wire systems Experience with CAN bus, vehicle signals, and actuator command interfaces Ability to develop production-quality real-time control software in C++, C, or another suitable real-time language Experience with Python, MATLAB, or equivalent for modeling, system identification, log analysis, and controller evaluation Strong debugging and real-world testing skills Ability to work directly with vehicle hardware and participate in track or road testing Ability to demonstrate at least one control system taken from design through physical deployment, including tuning, validation, performance measurement, and safety mechanisms Nice-to-have skills: Passenger-car ADAS or autonomous-driving development Electronic power steering, brake-by-wire, throttle control, ESC, or vehicle motion-control systems Model Predictive Control (MPC), optimal control, robust control, or nonlinear control State estimation, observers, sensor fusion, or tyre-force estimation Embedded Linux, RTOS, or safety-critical real-time systems Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or vehicle-in-the-loop testing Functional safety, including ISO 26262 or SOTIF Experience with Openpilot, Autoware, Apollo, ROS, MATLAB/Simulink, CarSim, IPG CarMaker, dSPACE, or similar platforms Originally posted on Himalayas