Advanced Control Engineer

We’re looking for an Advanced Control Engineer to develop adaptive and autonomous control functions for the CPPC Tiers (FDIR, self-tuning, etc.) platform. In this role, you’ll design control logic that can respond intelligently to faults, uncertainty, and changing grid conditions - while remaining safe, stable, and certifiable.

This is a senior role for someone who understands that adaptive does not mean unbounded. You’ll work at the edge of automation and control theory, building systems that can self-adjust and recover while remaining predictable, explainable, and compliant with grid and safety constraints.

This role is fully remote.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement automated Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) logic

• Extend and maintain hierarchical control state machines governing system behavior and autonomy

• Develop PID and gain self-tuning mechanisms with strict bounds, supervision, and rollback strategies

• Ensure adaptive control behavior remains stable, safe, and explainable under all operating conditions

• Validate adaptive and autonomous behavior using simulations, stress scenarios, and failure injection

• Collaborate closely with control, real-time software, and power systems engineers to bring advanced control concepts into production

• Contribute to architectural decisions around autonomy, safety, and control governance

Why Join Us

You will join a fast-growing technology company operating in a complex and challenging industrial and energy environment, where software and engineering innovation has a real impact on systems and infrastructure.

We work on highly complex projects that require strong technical expertise, ownership, and close collaboration across multidisciplinary teams (software, control, automation, operations).

Positions are open both to professionals working as contractors and to candidates interested in on-site employee roles, depending on the profile, experience, and project needs.
We welcome applications from local candidates, available to work on-site, as well as from professionals based worldwide, in line with the applicable contractual model.

We offer a dynamic, results-oriented work environment, where people are actively involved in projects and valued for the contribution they bring

BaxEnergy is committed to promoting a fair, inclusive, and respectful working environment and to adopting an inclusive protocol that ensures equal opportunities and prohibits any form of discrimination based on sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, personal beliefs, or any other personal or social condition.

About BaxEnergy

BaxEnergy creates strategic software solutions for monitoring renewable energy. Our mission is to democratize access to energy and drive positive environmental change. Our team, led by our founder and CEO Simone Massaro, is deeply committed to the ethical impact of our work.

• You think rigorously about stability, safety, and failure modes

• Strong background in advanced control theory and system dynamics

• Proven experience implementing adaptive, self-tuning, or autonomous control in industrial environments

• Comfortable working in regulated, safety-critical contexts where behavior must be bounded and auditable

• Able to reason about edge cases, transitions, and degraded modes, not just nominal behavior

• Able to work with globally distributed teams, with at least a 4-hour overlap with CET/CEST

• Eligible to obtain a visa and able to travel to Italy within three months of hiring