Job Description

At MedAcuity, we work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and innovation in partnership with med-tech companies and innovators to develop custom software for their next-generation software-driven medical devices and solutions. We are looking for a Principal Robotic Controls Engineer who wants to apply their exceptional technical skill-set and problem-solving acumen to develop innovative, secure, safe, and reliable software to support the product development needs of our med-tech clients.

You will be responsible for managing and facilitating the proper design and implementation of control algorithms that will be run on complex software / hardware integrated systems for cutting-edge medical technology products.  You will be relied upon to interface with clients and represent MedAcuity to support seamless, client-based software development projects.

Together, we?re pioneering the future of science by developing software products and solutions that enable our partner teams to help save lives.

RESPONSIBILITIES
-    Design and implement control algorithms, preferably using MATLAB / Simulink.
-    Understand and utilize complex control methods to enhance closed-loop system
     performance.
-    Test new controller designs on correlating electro-mechanical devices.
-    Collaborate and be part of a multi-functional development team.
-    Follow the full design lifecycle process, including participation in requirements specification,
     design activities, planning, code reviews, and creating corresponding artifacts.

QUALIFICATIONS
-    Bachelor's Degree with 7 years of relevant experience, or, advanced degree with 5 years of
     relevant experience.
-    Proven proficiency in developing modeling and simulation software using MATLAB / Simulink
     or comparable platforms.
-    Expertise in designing closed-loop systems employing position, velocity, and torque methods.
-    Practical experience in implementing reduced-order modeling for mechatronic systems.
-    Familiarity with concepts such as multi-body kinematics, optimization-based control methods,
     and / or dynamics.
-    Proficiency with real-time estimation of indeterminate variables.
-    Professional expertise with software development in at least one of the following programming
     languages:  C++, Python.
-    Working experience with ROS / ROS2 .
-    Technical background with manipulator robotics.
-    Demonstrated expertise with creating robot definitions with CAD systems.
-    Proficiency in SimScape multi-body or other physical simulation tools.

PREFERRED SKILLS
-    Ideal to have working experience in a highly-regulated environment, such as medical device or
     aerospace / defense.
-    Recent experience working in an Agile / Scrum environment.
-    Passion to learn new systems, methodologies, technologies, and tools as they apply to controls
     and robotics.

EDUCATION
-    Bachelor's Degree or an advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related
     discipline.