AdressWing Control System Developer
AlfaWall Oceanbird AB is a 50/50 joint venture, owned by Alfa Laval and Wallenius but operated as an independent company. We are developing wing sail technology for the global shipping market and are now looking for a Control System Developer to our team based in Tumba, Stockholm.
The automation team at Oceanbird are responsible of the development of all parts of the wing's automation system. Everything from user HMI located at the ships bridge to the low-level control of hydraulic valves. Our control system is based on PLCs where the low-level code is written in Structured Text while higher level functionality is developed in Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow. The key to success when it comes to software development, is our model-based development approach, where we develop the control algorithms towards our wing simulation model, and then generate code from that to run on the real system.
We are in an early stage and are now looking for a person that have experience from control system development, either with embedded- or PLC-systems. Important is an interest of understanding the physics/ mechanical and hydraulic properties of our wing-system and from there develop our dynamic models and control code of the wing and its sub-systems.
We expect that the applicant has deep understanding and knowledge within the fields of:
- Hydraulics: modelling and control of hydraulic systems. Very important for all motion control functions. All our main actuators are hydraulic.
- Sailing Aerodynamics, important for our wing trimming functions, that optimize the angle of attack to get as must trust out of the wing as possible.
- Model Based Software Development in Matlab/Simulink/Embedded coder.
Other topics that are advantageous to have knowledge in are:
- SW development in a PLC or embedded environment (C/C++, Structured Text..)
- Ship systems and their functions
- Electronic HW design
- Sensors, (e.g. position/angle, wind, force/torque, pressure)
- Control of electric machines
- Mechatronics
- System modelling in Matlab/Simulink/Simscape
- Optimization algorithms
Oceanbird is developing wind power solutions that will revolutionize shipping - an industry that is responsible for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. If the shipping industry was a country, it would be the sixth biggest polluter, that we are going to change!
For more information about the position, please contact:
Mikael Razola, Technical Director Oceanbird. mikael.razola@alfalaval.com
Regina García Moguel, Talent Acquisition Partner, regina.garciamoguel@alfalaval.com
For union information:
Francisco Garcia, Akademikerföreningen, +46 733 995 684
Anders Jansson, Unionen, +46730780482
We review applications continually so please send in yours as soon as possible, not later than January 22nd, 2024. We don't accept applications sent directly via email.
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