Principal - Control Systems

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

7/30/2025

Application Deadline: 17 August 2025

Department: Tech - Development

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Compensation: £85,000 - £100,000 / year

Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an expert in Control Systems Engineering to lead our Control team in Edinburgh.

This brand new role is pivotal to the continued development and delivery of all control aspects of our electromechanical hardware devices.

Who We Are

Energy is the primary input to everything. Our continued prosperity is dependent on reliable, affordable, clean electricity.

ENODA is an innovator in energy platforms, developing advanced technologies for grid operators and developers that remove constraints to decarbonisation.

Integrated hardware and software solutions slot into existing infrastructure, enabling the grid to become self-balancing and the primary provider of system stability.

We are a mission-driven organisation committed to enabling humanity to prosper on 100% renewable energy. We are averse to introducing bureaucracy and are building a working culture that enables us to achieve our purpose and change the world.

Check out the ENODA YouTube channel to learn more about us.

You'll Spend Your Time

• Delivering systems architecture design and integrating multiple software and hardware components, including sophisticated conceptual design based on functional and non-functional requirements
• Undertaking scientific research and data acquisition to inform optimal design pathways
• Working with the technical and design leadership to define optimal design solutions, scoping and designing systems for monitoring and control
• Designing and implementing advanced control algorithms for complex systems
• Integrating systems, including custom hardware and commercial off-the-shelf equipment
• Undertaking laboratory-based testing of systems relating to simulations and hardware and field-testing prototypes
• Working on collaboration projects with partners, including supply chain, OEM, and universities
• Effectively managing an existing team of Control Design & Integration Engineers
  
  

The Key Experience We're Looking For

• 10+ years of proven experience in the application of control systems design
• Previous experience developing control systems for real-time environments/ control software for Electronic Control Units (ECUs)
• Advanced Matlab and Simulink modelling skills - electrical system, control system, DSP system
• Experience with operating, database, industrial communications systems design and development
• Software Development / Coding experience, software versioning/git
• Software unit and integration testing
• A working understanding of agile practices in development
• Demonstrable experience of being a team player who can reliably own a team’s outcomes
  
  

The Following Would Be Advantageous

• Previous management experience, providing leadership to a multidisciplinary team
  
  

What We Offer

• Salary circa £85,000 - £100k+ dependent on skills & experience
• Private Medical Insurance
• Flexible Pension policy tailored to your requirements
• 33 days annual leave + Holiday purchase/sell scheme
• Dental cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-Work scheme
• Season travel ticket loan
• Enhanced company sick pay & Income Protection
• Life Assurance
  
  

This role is based onsite at Quartermile in Edinburgh.