Model Based Controls Engineer

About the position

Boston Metal is looking for a Model-Based Controls Engineer to facilitate the development of new high-temperature electrolysis systems to produce carbon-emissions-free tonnage molten metals and alloys. You will work with other members of our Advanced Automation and Systems team, as well as other Boston Metal teams as required, to collect software requirements, create, maintain, and refine the advanced control system for the Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) cells, perform closed-loop simulations to validate control design, participate in the MOE cell commissioning, test runs, controller calibration and logged data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and troubleshoot the software infrastructure used to run an industrial plant, including, but not limited to, the logic to control/interact with different pieces of equipment, alarm logic, and code generation toolchain.
• Define unit-level and system-level tests and perform model-in-the-loop (MiL) simulations to verify requirements and validate control system design and system dynamics model.
• Perform target-in-the-loop (TiL) testing to verify requirements and validate control system design and system dynamics model on the real-time system simulator.
• Develop, maintain and troubleshoot data pipelines and data analysis tools.
• Analyze simulation and test data to improve the fidelity of the control system and system dynamics model.
• Recommend improvements to the system structure and implementation to enhance efficiency and maintainability.
• Work in a collaborative manner with other teams as needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• M.S. or PhD in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar field
• Proficiency using MATLAB/Simulink
• Proficiency with at least one modern Object-Oriented language, such as Python or C++
• Familiar with version control tools, such as SVN or Git
• Must have 'startup attitude', thrive in small teams, self-motivated, quick learner, passionate, agile, and adaptable

Nice-to-haves

• Familiar with MATLAB's Stateflow/Simscape modeling tools; testing tools; Simulink's code generation tools
• Familiar with using MATLAB as an object-oriented programming language
• Familiar with SQL Alchemy 2.0 (Python library)
• Knowledge of relational database concepts and SQL
• Familiar with HMI development; Ignition Perspective
• Familiar with CI/CD

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Health savings account with company contribution
• Dependent care account plan
• Paid parental leave
• Paid bonding leave
• 401k with company matching provision