Director of Control Systems - Array Technologies, Inc

Director of Control Systems   

Job Summary:

The Director of Control Systems will play a pivotal role in the company, leading the development of a new control system for our next-generation solar trackers and overseeing continuous improvement of the existing control-system products. You’ll manage a team of engineers to follow Array processes to implement new features and drive down costs. The work will involve developing custom hardware and software, with cutting-edge technologies in electrical, controls, and software engineering.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of electrical and embedded-software engineers to develop a new control system for solar trackers and improve the existing control system.
• Report the status of work regularly to the hiring manager and senior management; Identify problems and recommend solutions.
• Understand the system requirements for existing and new solar trackers; From the tracker requirements, deduce the control system requirements as well as the requirements for the hardware and software components.
• Lead and contribute to the implementation of new algorithms and features into existing solar tracker control systems.
• Analyze the current organization structure for control system development and recommend improvements, including key hires.
• Work with electronics design companies and suppliers, scoping and overseeing their work as necessary.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to deploy and test the new control system products, features, and software at real solar sites; travel as necessary.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to investigate and resolve control-system failures; travel as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, or other Natural Sciences.
• Demonstrated ability of managing teams and projects.
• 5+ years of industry experience in a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and commercializing control-system products that use microcontrollers or microprocessors. The candidate must show a successful track record of control-system product development and commercialization. The candidate will be asked to present his/her portfolio in the interview process.
• 2+ years of experience in working with electrical circuit design companies, PCBA suppliers, and certifiers.
• Passion for solar industry.

Preferred qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in solar industry
• Experience in designing control systems for solar trackers or other motor control systems and products.
• Experience in commercializing products that use STM32 microcontrollers or equivalent.
• Skills and experience in programming microcontrollers in C/C++.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, smaller company environment; Ability and experience in building and improving in-house product development processes and practices for control-system products.
• Skills and experience in PC software development to assist the control system testing and validation.
• Skills and experience in Python programming.
• Working knowledge of Siemens PLC ladder logic.

At Array Tech, Inc, we strive to lead with our culture, and believe that our people are a key enabler of our future state. Our total rewards philosophy supports Array’s ability to attract, develop, and retain our employees. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and wellness programs that align with the local markets where we do business. 

Array Tech, Inc. offers equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.