Automation Systems Specialist

7 days ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Trimble Inc. Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Control System Engineer to join our team at Trimble Ag Industry Solutions. As a Control System Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing automatic motion control systems algorithms for off-highway industrial machinery.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Develop, maintain, and optimize core control algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink or C/C++.
  • Work on integrating control algorithms into our products.
  • Design, develop, and productize control law algorithms.
  • Use MATLAB/Simulink for model-based design (MBD).
  • Apply sensor fusion and filter design for pose estimation.
  • Design signal conditioning and feedback loop compensation.
  • Develop and validate non-linear vehicle dynamics plant models.
  • Evaluate algorithms in simulations and target environments.
  • Support integration and performance validation on real-time hardware/operating systems.
  • Define system/software architecture.
  • Ensure ongoing testing and product quality.

About Us:

Trimble Ag Industry Solutions provides GNSS and Control System-based hardware and software technologies for implementing customer solutions. Our goal is to provide innovative solutions that improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency, and sustainability in critical industries such as agriculture and construction.

What You'll Need:

  • Demonstrated expertise in control system algorithm development for mechanical dynamic systems.
  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink development.
  • Experience in test, verification, validation, and productization of algorithms.
  • Familiarity with requirements decomposition and management tools.
  • Experience with Plant Modeling development tools and processes.
  • Safety-critical software development and certification.
  • HIL and SIL testing.
  • Proficiency in C/C++ software development.
  • Background in guidance, navigation, and control.
  • Ability to travel up to 10% annually.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • Experience in state estimation (Kalman filters).
  • Experience leading small technical projects.
  • Simulink auto-code generation.
  • Practical experience with automatic controls of off-highway machinery.
  • Experience with GNSS+IMU state estimation.
  • Autonomous/Semi-autonomous vehicle control.
  • Experience with Systems Identification.

Educational Requirements:

Masters or PhD Engineering Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related engineering fields.



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