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Senior Staff Controls Engineer

Generac Holdings

Sussex, WI - USAStaff
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Location
Sussex, WI - USA
Work model
On-Site
Level
Staff
Posted
Sep 8, 2026

Skills

SAP

About this role

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? The Senior Staff Controls Engineer role is field-based and 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. The role interfaces with the cross functional teams across the organization to 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 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 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 complex and advanced designs for manufacturability.  Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs) Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers 80% travel required. Other duties as assigned. Minimum Job Requirements: Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical or related discipline. 10+ years of relevant work experience; Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple, complex projects, Proven expertise in developing control algorithms across diverse power control and power management applications. Expertise in closed loop 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 sitting on a regulatory committee in a technical role. 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. MS Excel, MS Word. Experience with machine design. Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP. Preferred Job Requirements Master’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering with focus on control engineering. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex technical issues Requires specialized in-depth knowledge and/or breadth of expertise. Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions / best practices, strong business acumen Solves complex problems Takes a broad perspective to identify solutions Strong decision-making skills May lead small- to medium-sized cross-functional technology development teams to achieve milestones and objectives. Ensure success cross-functionally.                                                                                                                  Coaches and mentors less experienced

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