Senior LabVIEW Software Engineer
Nuvera

Job Title
Senior LabVIEW Software Engineer
Job Family
Engineering
Job Description

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC is a manufacturer of heavy-duty, zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell stacks and engines for mobility applications. With facilities located in the U.S. and Europe, Nuvera provides clean, safe, and efficient products designed to meet the rigorous needs of industrial vehicles and other transportation markets.

Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., which designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names. Hyster-Yale Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE:HY). Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. and its subsidiaries, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, employ approximately 7,600 people worldwide.

We are seeking a Senior LabVIEW Software Engineer to join our team. The Senior LabVIEW Software Engineer is responsible for the development of software applications enabling the development and testing of fuel cell products. This person will develop customer-facing production releases as well as special purpose test software primarily based in LabVIEW.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Engineering Test Software: Technology, Systems Development, Product Engineering and Manufacturing:

• Fully functional, tested and released LabVIEW software.
• Up-to-date documentation for version control history and bug tracking
• Alignment and awareness of software test processes across all Nuvera sites
• Internal processes of software versioning and revision control are developed and executed via Nuvera Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and software revision tools

Field and Service Support:

• Fully functional, tested and released LabVIEW software versions that are effectively supporting test campaigns and/or field monitoring or service objective
• Up-to-date documentation required for version control history and bug tracking
• Lab safety system objectives (Billerica) - Fully functional, tested and released LabVIEW software, that is driving the Lab Safety System; software revisions are well planned and prepared/debugged in advance of scheduled system outages; Up-to-date documentation required for version control history and bug tracking

Data Acquisition / User Interface:

• Integrated National Instruments data acquisition hardware, off-the-shelf test equipment and proprietary hardware
• Applications are seamlessly integrated with all data acquisition, PC hardware and ancillary equipment
• User interfaces are well organized and provide effective means of data acquisition and control
• Communication protocols for special purpose hardware are incorporated in the graphical user interface

Companywide support :

• Well supported controls and properly vetted control specifications
• Software/hardware issues debugged with implemented permanent solutions

Leadership, Mentoring and Communication:

• On the job training and mentoring of less experienced engineers and technicians
• Knowledge is effectively transferred within team and across departments
• Opportunities to improve department procedures and systems are regularly promoted and put into effect
• Project scope and schedules are closely monitored to ensure delivery requirements are met

Required Job Qualifications (unless otherwise noted):

Educational Background

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other related Engineering field. Master's degree in Engineering preferred.

National Instruments Certified LabVIEW Architect (CLA) certification highly preferred.

Previous Work Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience
• 8+ years of LabVIEW development experience
• Extensive experience with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated excellence with LabVIEW is mandatory
• Experience with NI DAQmx, and NI VISA drivers and supported protocols (GPIB, RS232/RS485, TCP/IP, USB)
• Ability to work with CAN and Modbus network protocols
• Experience implementing watchdog timer functions
• Experience with software version control system(s) and issue tracking system(s)
• Knowledge of Apache Subversion, Redmine and Aras Innovator preferred
• Thorough understanding of control specifications, wiring diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams and schematics
• Ability to build and design comprehensive Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)
• Skilled in the development of bidirectional hardware communications for data logging and process control
• Familiarity with basic relational database concepts.
• Experience with numerical methods, interpolation, regression analysis and data curve fitting functions
• Ability to implement proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithms
• Experience with software-based calibration routines and I/O scaling of analog signals
• Ability to implement user defined alarms and test automation using time/text-based scripting methods
• LabVIEW Object-Oriented Programming experience
• Experience with design and simulation of systems in Simulink
• Additional software skills: (C/C++, PHP, Python, etc.) helpful.
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Motivated and works well in a team environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills

Travel Required

• Up to 5% domestic travel

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Laboratory and office work environments.

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity

Job ID
JC851
Employment Type
Full time

Work Hours

40
Travel Required

Primary Location
Nuvera US Billerica, MA
Address
129 Concord Road Building 1
Zip Code
01821
Field-Based
No
Relocation Assistance Available
No

We are an equal opportunity employer with an excellent benefit package including medical, dental and life insurance, 401(k) and profit sharing.

EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled

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