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About this Staff Controls Engineer role at Generac

Generac · Onsite · Sussex, WI - USA

We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.


For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.


Ready to Power a Smarter World with us?



Primary Purpose

The Engineer IV – Controls (Staff Engineer) is responsible for providing expertise regarding new product development as well as continuous improvement of legacy systems.  Day to day responsibilities include control design and tuning, simulation development, PLC programming, and electrical system integration. Additionally, candidates will facilitate product development through design, validation, and release.


Major Responsibilities

  • Designs, validates, and brings new products to market. 
  • Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates a variety of increasingly complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety. 
  • Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for a variety of increasingly complex products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials. 
  • Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize increasingly complex designs for manufacturability. 
  • Utilizes PLC programming proficiency to develop programming instructions for optimal machine operation.
  • Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs).
  • Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers. 
  • Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements


  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline;
  • 7+ years of relevant work experience


Preferred Job Requirements


  • Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects of increasing complexity
  • Proven expertise in developing control algorithms across diverse power control and power management applications;
  • Expertise in closed loop tuning control tuning, stability analysis, and performance optimization of advanced control algorithms;
  • Expertise in model-based design methodologies, including development of high-fidelity system simulations, automated design verification and production-ready auto code generation;
  • Experience in test & validation plan and procedure development and execution including multiple methods (HIL/SIL, bench component and/or system testing, fault injection methods, etc.);
  • Experience in new product design and development;
  • Active participant in technical communities tied to industry standards or regulations;
  • Strong written communication and presentation skills;
  • Ability to translate technical information to all audiences;
  • Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes;
  • Able to solve complex engineering problems;
  • MS Excel, MS Word;
  • Experience with machine design;
  • Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”

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About Generac

We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most. For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future. Ready to Power a Smarter World with us? As one of the leaders and largest suppliers of power generation equipment and technology, the work we do touches millions of lives. Employees at Generac are encouraged to be innovative and are valued as an integral part of our global team. Our challenging goals develop knowledgeable employees dedicated to helping continue Generac’s success. Generac provides individuals the opportunity

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