EVEREC
Senior / Principal Control Systems Engineer - EV | Automotive - Oxfordshire - Up to £70k
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Senior / Principal Control Systems Engineer - EV | Automotive - Oxfordshire - Up to £70k
Role
Senior / Principal Control Systems Engineer
Location
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Working Pattern
Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week on-site
Salary
Up to £70,000 base salary
Employment Type
Permanent
Company Overview
Our client is a specialist UK automotive technology business focused on the development of highly engineered, low-volume electrified vehicles.
Operating with a small, highly experienced engineering team, the company takes a hands-on approach to whole-vehicle development, working across vehicle systems, electrified powertrains, embedded controls, software, and vehicle integration.
This is an opportunity to join an agile engineering environment where individuals have genuine technical ownership and the ability to influence vehicle architecture and development from concept through to physical vehicle validation.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior / Principal Control Systems Engineer to take a leading role in the development, integration, and validation of vehicle control systems across a range of electrified vehicle programs.
This is a broad, hands-on position covering the whole vehicle, rather than ownership of one isolated subsystem.
You will work closely with electrical, mechanical, software, and vehicle engineering teams to develop control strategies, integrate systems, and ultimately ensure that the complete vehicle operates as intended.
The role would suit somebody who enjoys working within a smaller engineering business, where you can take ownership, make technical decisions, and remain close to the vehicle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of vehicle-level control systems and control strategies.
- Develop control algorithms and models using MATLAB / Simulink.
- Take ownership of controls development from requirements and concept through implementation, integration, and validation.
- Support the development and integration of vehicle control functionality across areas such as powertrain, battery, thermal systems, charging, and vehicle functions.
- Develop and maintain model-based control software.
- Support embedded software implementation and production code generation.
- Define system and software requirements, interfaces, and control architecture.
- Work with CAN-based vehicle networks and communication protocols.
- Support diagnostics, calibration, and data analysis.
- Undertake MIL / SIL / HIL and vehicle-level testing where appropriate.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex vehicle and controls issues.
- Work directly with prototype and development vehicles to test, calibrate, and validate functionality.
- Collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, systems, and software engineers.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers.
- Support suppliers and external engineering partners where required.
- Help develop engineering processes and best practice as the controls capability continues to grow.
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Experience Required
- Strong background in automotive control systems / embedded controls engineering.
- Significant hands-on experience with MATLAB and Simulink.
- Experience developing control algorithms within a model-based development environment.
- Strong understanding of whole-vehicle systems and vehicle integration.
- Experience taking controls functionality from initial requirements through development, testing, and vehicle implementation.
- Good knowledge of automotive communication networks, particularly CAN / CAN FD.
- Experience with vehicle calibration, diagnostics, and data acquisition tools.
- Understanding of embedded software and real-time control systems.
- Experience within EV, hybrid, powertrain, or wider vehicle controls would be highly advantageous.
- Comfortable working directly with development vehicles and solving issues at vehicle level.
- Degree in Control Systems, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
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Desirable Experience
- Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) development.
- EV powertrain and torque control.
- Battery, charging, or thermal control systems.
- Simulink code generation / Embedded Coder.
- C / C++ or Python.
- CAN tools such as CANape, CANalyzer, or similar.
- MIL, SIL, and HIL testing.
- Functional Safety / ISO 26262 awareness.
- Experience within low-volume, performance, motorsport, or specialist vehicle development.
The Opportunity
This role offers considerably more breadth than a traditional controls position within a large OEM.
You will be joining a small, technically focused engineering organization, giving you exposure across the complete vehicle and the opportunity to see your work move quickly from MATLAB / Simulink models through to implementation and testing on physical vehicles.
For a Senior Engineer, there is significant scope to increase technical ownership. For somebody operating at Principal level, the business can offer the opportunity to shape controls architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards while remaining highly hands-on.
If this is of interest please apply on LinkedIn or email george.taylor@everec.co.uk
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