WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will work closely with Engineering Design Digital Nike Sports Research Lab Program Management and Algorithm/Firmware teams.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a Controls Lead to join a newly formed team developing innovative powered athlete products. You will be responsible for innovating and implementing new control solutions to advance our developing products.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training
- Strong knowledge of C and MATLAB with at least an intermediate level of Python and C.
- Experience with Implementation & Architecture: Adjusting and implementing quality final solutions that are computationally efficient modular and maintainable.
- Experience with Mechanics: Biomechanics Kinematics and Dynamics
- Experience with Machine learning: Decision-making optimization and system modeling
- Experience with Electromechanical Control: Sensors filtering and motor control
- Experience identifying and solving hard problems and structural issues with creative solutions including algorithmic and/or codebase reorganization.
- Experience ensuring that assigned projects are successful from a Controls team standpoint; responsibility accountability and independence are key.
- Experience with human subject testing data collection real-time performance tracking.
- Experience with high-level non-classical control algorithms & techniques (MPC LQR Kalman filtering etc.).
- Experience converting basic prototypes to quality implementations
- Experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers
- Positive energy curiosity and a passion for building magical products that users love.
- Strong technical savvy and understanding/curiosity about emerging innovative technologies.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous learning is core to our identity.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves to win as a team.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
As Controls Lead you will play a critical role in driving the execution of our powered athlete product roadmap. You will be responsible for the implementation of algorithms and firmware in controls ensuring our products deliver a superior user experience.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL
- Combine developing debugging and optimizing real-time software in novel ways to deliver new features that have immediate impact.
- Determine and implement the appropriate pattern recognition heuristics sensor fusion data analysis and/or machine learning techniques to address real athlete needs.
- Integrate high-level decision-making and motion control for developing systems.
- Help advance Nikes understanding of control systems.
- Clearly understand and predict athletes needs to create the ultimate user experience.
- Scope controls work to be consistent with project goals. Create execute and communicate plans timelines and resources to break high level problems into more detailed actionable steps while managing risk.
- Proactively work with our multidisciplinary team to represent the Controls Team on complex system solutions.
- Provide technical leadership of team of algorithms controls and firmware engineers to support magical product experiences.
- Collaborate with engineers designers and researchers to ensure that controls systems serve the athlete.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.