{"id":1748796,"url":"https://alion.io/job/also-staff-dyno-controls-engineer","title":"Staff Dyno Controls Engineer","company":{"id":4831,"name":"ALSO","domain":"also.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/also","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":82,"open_postings":11,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.727,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":48,"computed_at":"2026-10-06T05:45:30Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Palo Alto, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":225000,"max":275000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":275000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"MATLAB","optional":false},{"name":"Simulink","optional":false},{"name":"StateFlow","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":true},{"name":"EtherCAT","optional":true},{"name":"Git","optional":true},{"name":"Kotlin","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T20:55:21Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-02","last_verified_at":"2026-10-07T01:18:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"About ALSO.\nWe’re ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We’re a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO-replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient.\nALSO is looking for a Dyno Controls Engineer to build in-house and highly customized dyno controls software platform, and work with the “dream drive” team to validate all small EVs and drive units built at ALSO.\nWhat You Will Do\nDevelop, implement and validate in-house customized drive unit dynos, vehicle dynos, and test benches models, software and GUI.\n\nSoftware Integration of drive units, dyno electric drives, speed/torque/temperature sensors, power supplies, cooling systems into dyno control systems.\n\nDevelop dyno and embedded controls interfaces for automatic validation and profiles.\n\nPerform test and troubleshoot in dyno labs, or vehicle environments on control topics.\n\nIdentify, report, and track software bugs from dyno tests; analyze logs to troubleshoot issues.\n\nContribute to other propulsion control and motor control development.\n\nCollaborate with controls, firmware, electrical, mechanical and system engineers to contribute to validation, development and requirements.\n\nWhat You Will Bring\nBS or MS (preferred) degree in Controls, Electrical Engineering, or related field.\n\nProficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, including model-based design, Stateflow, and developing automation scripts.\n\nExperience with real-time simulation systems (e.g. Speedgoat, NI PXIe, dSpace, etc.) and GUI development. Experience with NI Veristand, LABVIEW is a PLUS.\n\nHands on experience of dynamometers, power supplies and power meters, testing motor drive systems. Experience with motor control and electric drives. Experience with Siemens drives is a PLUS.\n\nFamiliar with embedded controllers and programming languages such as C and Python.\n\nFamiliar with automotive and electric drives communication protocols (e.g., CAN, etherCAT) and tools such as Vector CANalyzer, CANape, etc. Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and continuous integration workflows.\n\nThe salary for this position ranges from $225,000 - 275,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.\nPerks and Benefits\nRobust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by Also. with FSA & HSA options.\n\nOne Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.\n\nRich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.\n\nFlexible time off.\n\n401(k) match.\n\nWhy ALSO.\nWe’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you’re headed.\nWe’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces.\nTogether we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3253,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible time off","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wholesale","IT Resellers & VARs"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-03T07:36:48Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 32","filings_12m":32,"filings_prev_12m":13,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":222500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":48,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-06T05:45:30Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":275000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/also-staff-dyno-controls-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/also-staff-dyno-controls-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-07T02:28:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4171,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":829,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4831},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4831"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Falso-staff-dyno-controls-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Falso-staff-dyno-controls-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Falso-staff-dyno-controls-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/also-staff-dyno-controls-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Falso-staff-dyno-controls-engineer"}]}