Vehicle Systems Test Engineer

Revolutionize the Future of Industrial Automation as our Next Control Systems Test Engineer!

Are you ready to bridge the gap between digital modeling and off highway machines in the real world?

Trimble is seeking a Control Systems Test Engineer to join our core team developing advanced motion control for massive industrial machinery, ensuring our cutting-edge positioning technologies thrive in the most challenging agriculture and construction environments.

Location Of Work: 50% at our HQ in Westminster, CO & 50% at our 50 acre test site in Berthoud, CO (outdoor test site, with office onsite). 100% in person work.

About Us

Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.

Trimble Ag Industry Solutions a part of Field Systems:

Trimble Ag Industry Solutions provides GNSS and Control System-based hardware and software technologies for implementing customer solutions, for Trimble's Agriculture, Civil and Construction product portfolio.

Learn More: Trimble Heavy Industry Machine Control

What Makes This Role Great

This position offers the unique opportunity to move between advanced lab environments and hands-on field operations, directly operating heavy machinery like tractors and excavators to validate complex plant models. You will play a critical role in the development of next-generation autonomous systems, utilizing high-end data acquisition tools to translate physical machine performance into the digital insights that drive our global innovation.

Key Exciting Responsibilities

• System Validation & Regression: Execute comprehensive manuel test plans and procedures across all levels of the system, with a primary focus on on-vehicle field operations and system-level regression testing to ensure peak performance.

• Software & Feature Testing: Conduct ticket-level software validation and feature testing to support the continuous development of advanced positioning and motion control systems.

• Heavy Equipment Operation: Safely operate and work alongside heavy off highway equipment to perform tests. You will play a key role in analyzing software functional and performance issues in real-world environments.

• Data Collection & Analysis: Adhere to rigorous test methodologies to collect vehicle data logs, providing developers with the essential data needed to establish performance baselines and troubleshoot complex issues.

• Hardware-Software Integration: Utilize lab and bench equipment in an office setting to validate seamless interactions between hardware and software components.

• Workflow Innovation: Drive continuous improvement in testing workflows, focusing on strategies that bridge the gap between digital modeling and physical-world applications.

• Specialized Instrumentation: Perform targeted data collection using Data Acquisition (DAQ) systems and third-party instrumentation to meet specific project requirements.

• Site & Asset Management: Contribute to test site excellence by assisting with machine maintenance and ensuring all necessary safety and information assets are available and up to date.

• Procurement & Inventory: Manage the procurement and inventory of test hardware and laboratory equipment. This includes supporting the development and maintenance of high-quality Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testbenches.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in positioning and control system testing for dynamic physical systems for ground vehicles and off highway machines such as: tractors, bulldozers, excavators, or similar types of vehicles.

• Proficiency with electrical diagnostic equipment such as multimeters and oscilloscopes for hardware troubleshooting.

• Demonstrated experience using ticketing systems like Jira to track software defects and testing progress.

• Proven ability to perform data analysis on vehicle performance logs and document findings for technical stakeholders.

• Strong commitment to safety when working in proximity to heavy industrial machinery.

Bonus Points For

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or Computer Engineering.

• Experience with GNSS-INS systems, CAN Communication protocols (J1939/NMEA2000), or HIL/SIL testing environments.

• Proficiency in Python or Matlab/Simulink for data analysis and automated testing.

• Hands-on experience with machining, fabrication, or operating heavy equipment in agriculture and construction settings.

Travel: Up to 25%, this role requires flexibility for periodic travel to Trimble locations, both within the United States and internationally, including sites such as New Zealand.

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"-we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact.

We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.

Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.

Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."

Control Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, Robotics, Heavy Equipment, Motion Control, GNSS, HIL Testing, Python, Matlab, Mechatronics, Autonomous Vehicles, Agriculture Technology, Construction Technology, Data Acquisition

Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the 'Apply Now' button located in this posting.

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values-Belong, Innovate, and Grow-we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under "Corporate Governance."

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